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a⋅the⋅ism

[ey-thee-iz-uhm]
–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
a·the·ism   (ā'thē-ĭz'əm)   
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.]

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.
Language Translation for : atheism
Spanish: ateísmo,
German: der Atheismus,
Japanese: 無神論

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

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

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