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a·the·ism    Audio Help   [ey-thee-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
2.disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.

[Origin: 1580–90; < Gk áthe(os) godless + -ism]
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a·the·ism    Audio Help   (ā'thē-ĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
  2. 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
the belief that there is no God
Arabic: إلحاد
Chinese (Simplified): 无神论
Chinese (Traditional): 無神論
Czech: ateismus
Danish: ateisme
Dutch: athea asme
Estonian: ateism
Finnish: ateismi
French: athéisme
German: der Atheismus
Greek: αθεϊσμός
Hungarian: ateizmus
Icelandic: trúleysi, guðleysi
Indonesian: tidak percaya Tuhan
Italian: ateismo
Japanese: 無神論
Korean: 무신론
Latvian: ateisms
Lithuanian: ateizmas
Norwegian: ateisme
Polish: ateizm
Portuguese (Brazil): ateísmo
Portuguese (Portugal): ateísmo
Romanian: ateism
Russian: атеизм
Slovak: ateizmus
Slovenian: ateizem
Spanish: ateísmo
Swedish: ateism
Turkish: Tanrı tanımazlık, Allahsızlık
See also: atheist

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
atheism [(ay-thee-iz-uhm)]

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


[Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion


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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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