atheism
A non-belief in deities.
Other meanings
Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
en A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god.
Related words
- faitheism
- panatheism
- pseudo-atheism
- antiatheism
- Atheism Plus
- metatheism
- hard atheism
- neoatheism
- nonatheism
- new atheism
- pseudoatheism
- soft atheism
Word history
From Middle French "athéisme".
Where this comes from
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