ATHEIST | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of atheist in English atheistnoun [ C ]   religion uk /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/ us /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/ Add to word list Add to word list someone who does not believe in any god or gods, or who believes that no god or gods exist: As an atheist, I do not accept this religious argument. His father was an atheist. Related word atheismOpposite theist specializedCompare agnostic noun monotheist noun specialized

• The group includes not only atheists and agnostics but also deists and those who maintained other religious affiliations.
• The Greeks and Romans defined an atheist not as someone who disbelieved in God but as someone who rejected the traditional gods who protected the social order.
• Parents who are atheists do not want prayer imposed on their children in school.

Religious people: believers & non-believers

• anti-evolution
• anti-evolutionary
• anti-evolutionist
• anti-humanist
• antichrist
• deist
• evolutionist
• faithful
• faithless
• faithlessly
• libertine
• monotheist
• mystic
• non-believer
• secular humanist
• secularist
• the laity
• theist
• theistic
• unbelief

See more results » atheistadjective   religion uk /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/ us /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/ (also atheistic, uk /ˌeɪ.θiˈɪs.tɪk/ us /ˌeɪ.θiˈɪs.tɪk/) not believing in any God or gods, or relating to such beliefs: Although I am atheist, I don’t just automatically hate religion or dismiss other people's faith. Kaufman claims that his atheist beliefs play a central role in his life.

• My husband is not religious, in fact, he's actively atheist.
• My atheist brother said to me, "How can you believe in a God when children die of terrible diseases?"
• Internet-based groups are seeking to spread the atheist message.

Religious people: believers & non-believers

• anti-evolution
• anti-evolutionary
• anti-evolutionist
• anti-humanist
• antichrist
• deist
• evolutionist
• faithful
• faithless
• faithlessly
• libertine
• monotheist
• mystic
• non-believer
• secular humanist
• secularist
• the laity
• theist
• theistic
• unbelief

See more results » (Definition of atheist from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

atheist | American Dictionary

atheistnoun [ C ] us /ˈeɪ·θi·ɪst/ Add to word list Add to word list someone who believes that God does not exist

atheistic

adjective us /ˌeɪ·θiˈɪs·tɪk/ atheistic books and articles (Definition of atheist from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of atheist? What is the pronunciation of atheistic?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 無神論者… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 无神论者… See more in Spanish ateo, atea… See more in Portuguese ateu, ateia… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 無神論者, 無神論の… See more Tanrı'nın varlığına inanmayan, tanrıtanımaz, ateist… See more athée… See more ateu, -ea… See more atheïst… See more ateista… See more ateist… See more (seorang) ateis… See more ผู้ที่เชื่อว่าพระเจ้าไม่มีอยู่จริง… See more người theo thuyết vô thần… See more ateist-a/ka, ateista… See more ateist… See more orang yang tidak percaya pada tuhan… See more der Atheist / die Atheistin… See more ateist… See more 무신론자, 무신론의… See more атеїст… See more ateo, -a, ateistico… See more Need a translator?

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