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–noun

a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.

[Origin: 1565–75; < Gk áthe(os) godless + -ist

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—Synonyms Atheist, agnostic, infidel, skeptic refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. Infidel means an unbeliever, especially a nonbeliever in Islam or Christianity. A skeptic doubts and is critical of all accepted doctrines and creeds.

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n. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.

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atheist

1571, from Fr. athéiste (16c.), from Gk. atheos "to deny the gods, godless," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see Thea). A slightly earlier form is represented by atheonism (c.1534) which is perhaps from It. atheo "atheist."

"The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all his perfection, creating an imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell." [Armand Salacrou, "Certitudes et incertitudes," 1943]

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atheist
adjective
1.	related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings"
noun
1.	someone who denies the existence of god

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ˈatheist noun

a person who does not believe in God

Arabic:	مُلحِـد
Chinese (Simplified):	无神论者
Chinese (Traditional):	無神論者
Czech:	ateista
Danish:	ateist
Dutch:	athea ast
Estonian:	ateist
Finnish:	ateisti
French:	athée
German:	der, *die Atheist(in)
Greek:	άθεος
Hungarian:	ateista
Icelandic:	guðleysingi
Indonesian:	(seorang) ateis
Italian:	ateo

Japanese:	無神論者
Korean:	무신론자
Latvian:	ateists
Lithuanian:	ateistas
Norwegian:	ateist
Polish:	ateista
Portuguese (Brazil):	ateu
Portuguese (Portugal):	ateu
Romanian:	ateu
Russian:	атеист
Slovak:	ateista, -ka
Slovenian:	ateist
Spanish:	ateo
Swedish:	ateist
Turkish:	Tanrının varlığına inanmayan, Tanrı tanımaz, ateist