atheist
pronunciation
How to pronounce atheist in British English:
UK [ˈeɪθiɪst]
How to pronounce atheist in American English:
US [ˈeθiɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who denies the existence of god
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- Adjective:
- related to or characterized by or given to atheism
Word Origin
- atheist (n.)
- 1570s, from French athéiste (16c.), from Greek atheos "without god, denying the gods; abandoned of the gods; godless, ungodly," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see theo-). 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]
Antonym
Example
- 1. Here lies an atheist , all dressed up and no
- 2. Over 40 % of americans say they would never vote for an atheist presidential candidate .
- 3. Wired : you became an atheist and a skeptic at a young age .
- 4. Not for any religious scruple : I am an atheist of the most straightforward kind .
- 5. Brooke has a professional interest in denying that einstein was an atheist or materialist .