Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who denies the existence of God, or of a supreme intelligent being.
- n. A godless man; one who disregards his duty to God. Synonyms Skeptic, Deist, etc.
See infidel . - Godless; atheistic: as, “the atheist crew,”
Wiktionary
- n. One who does not have a belief in the existence of
God, god, Gods or gods. - n. Especially, one who does not have any religious belief; an irreligious person.
- n. One who believes that no deities exist.
- adj. Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
- n. A godless person.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who denies the existence of god
- adj. related to or characterized by or given to atheism
Examples
“Our hope it to encourage non-religious members of our community to not shy away from the term atheist and for believers to recognize that atheists are not anti-theists.”
“To be clear, the term "atheist" is not synonymous with the terms "non-believer" or "none" a catch-all category used by many researchers.”
The Huffington Post: Joyce S. Dubensky: Who's Still In The Closet? The Future Of Prejudice
“The word atheist is analogous to the denigrating word "colored" to describe African Americans, which was meant to say they are colored relative to the pure "standard" of white.”
The Huffington Post: Jeff Schweitzer: The Faux Rage About a False War on Christmas
“Just as we thankfully no longer use the world colored, we should abandon the term atheist.”
The Huffington Post: Jeff Schweitzer: The Faux Rage About a False War on Christmas
“The solution is to abandon completely the use of the term atheist, just as polite society no longer uses the "N" word to describe African-Americans, "Rag Heads" for Arabs or "Wet Backs" for those south of the border.”
“I'm not comfortable with the term atheist either, but would put myself into the agnostic category.”
Believe in me, help me believe in anything (What if No One's Watching?)
“I don't even use the term atheist or agnostic anymore.”
“I don't like the term atheist because, to me, that is as rigid as religion is,”
“Some people agree with you about the term atheist though, suggesting other words such as “bright” or “freethinker,” etc.”
“I refuse to accept the term atheist for two reasons, the first is I don't believe anyone truly believes in a higher power”
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COLLOCATIONS - A
English collocations beginning with the letter 'A'.
The chronologically first 1300 entries come from the Stockdale Collocation Dictionary.awkward position, awful feeling, awful behavior, awe-inspiring, awe-inspiring mess, awards ceremony, avidly awaited guide, award dinner, award committee, avalanche-control..., avalanche warning, avalanche victim and 1360 more...
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Eesily missspellable words
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identifiers
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