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a·the·ism    Audio Help   (ā'thē-ĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. The doctrine that there is no God or gods. [French athéisme, from athée, atheist, from Greek atheos, godless : a-, without; see a-1 + theos, god; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.]

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atheism
noun
1.	the doctrine or belief that there is no God [ant: theism]
2.	a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods

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atheism [ˈeiθiizəm] noun
See also: atheist

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atheism [(ay-thee-iz-uhm)]

Denial that there is a God. (Compare agnosticism.)

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Atheism

A"the*ism\, n. [Cf. F. ath['e]isme. See Atheist.]

1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. --R. Hall.

Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. --Shipley.

2. Godlessness.

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