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  • noun One who is not a theist; an atheist.

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non- +‎ theist

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Examples

  • The term nontheist is generally considered an umbrella label for atheists, agnostics and other people who do not believe in God.

    azcentral.com | news 2009

  • These are the individuals we describe with the term "nonreligious nontheist."

    Chris Stedman: Nontheistic Students On Campus: Understanding And Accommodating Them Chris Stedman 2011

  • Indeed when the Coalition ran a contest to find the highest ranking official who identifies as a nontheist or one of the terms within the nontheist nomenclature, 60 members of the House and Senate were nominated.

    Katrina vanden Heuvel - Rediscovering Secular America William Harryman 2009

  • By responding to a survey sent to all members of Congress by the Secular Coalition for America, the Congressman became the sole member of Congress to be an open "nontheist" and the highest ranked atheist elected official in the United States.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Ron Buckmire 2007

  • By responding to a survey sent to all members of Congress by the Secular Coalition for America, the Congressman became the sole member of Congress to be an open "nontheist" and the highest ranked atheist elected official in the United States.

    Biblical Illiteracy, A Godless Congressman and the Times Ron Buckmire 2007

  • On reading an early draft "Trusting Doubt," which looks at my old evangelical beliefs from my current vantage as a nontheist, one reviewer commented, "This is a very spiritual book."

    Valerie Tarico: Should Freethinkers Shun Or Claim The Language Of Spirituality? Valerie Tarico 2011

  • On reading an early draft "Trusting Doubt," which looks at my old evangelical beliefs from my current vantage as a nontheist, one reviewer commented, "This is a very spiritual book."

    Valerie Tarico: Should Freethinkers Shun Or Claim The Language Of Spirituality? Valerie Tarico 2011

  • The Richard Dawkins Award will be given every year to honor an outstanding atheist whose contributions raise public awareness of the nontheist life stance; who through writings, media, the arts, film, and/or the stage advocates increased scientific knowledge; who through work or by example teaches acceptance of the nontheist philosophy; and whose public posture mirrors the uncompromising nontheist life stance of Dr. Richard Dawkins.

    Bill Maher Strikes Again 2009

  • And of course, nontheist humanists and freethinkers were leading the drive to repeal the rule since it was first enacted.

    Roy Speckhardt: The Unconscionable 'Right To Conscience' Roy Speckhardt 2011

  • And of course, nontheist humanists and freethinkers were leading the drive to repeal the rule since it was first enacted.

    Roy Speckhardt: The Unconscionable 'Right To Conscience' Roy Speckhardt 2011

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