atheist

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The real sting of the comedy from which we have quoted lies in the assumption, adopted throughout the play, that the atheist is also necessarily anti-social and immoral.

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  1. noun One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.

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  • It's based on the children's book written by an atheist, and have received awards from the publishing industry. —  LUKE IS BACK
  • How many of you associate the word atheist with Madalyn Murray O'Hair? —  From On High
  • Chimera is not an atheist, and that's as specific as it gets. —  WordPress.com News
  • Speaking as an atheist, the majority of those who don't believe in god would have no problems with the idea of religion if it didn't impact our lives at every corner. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • The final barrier to true representation of all people in America will be broken when an unbeliever (atheist, agnostic, pagan) can take the oath of office with no bible and no so help me God. —  BlueOregon
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  1. = French athéiste = Portuguese atheista = Spanish Italian ateista, from New Latin *atheista, from Greek ἄθεος: see atheism.
 

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