atheism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”, from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “deity, god”)).
First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).
Base: θεός
Affixes: ἀ-
Inflected forms:
form: atheisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A non-belief in deities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonyms: antireligiousness, irreligion, irreligiousness
For atheism to be rationally justified it is only necessary that it be more probable than not or at least more probable than theism. Certainty is no more required in the case of atheism than it is in the case of scientific theories.
gloss: A non-belief in deities.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonyms: irreligion, irreligiousness, nonreligion, nonreligiousness
The theory of Secularism is a form, not of dogmatic, but of skeptical, Atheism; it is dogmatic only in denying the sufficiency of the evidence for the being and perfections of God. It does not deny, it only does not believe, His existence.
...but Atheism per se simply means, not denial, but rejection, in the sense of not accepting the Theistic theory of the universe which Mr. Lee has put forward tonight.
gloss: A non-belief in deities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: What can parents do, and mothers more especially, […] with regard to the atheism that is natural to all the children of men?
Atheism, in its basic form, is not a belief; it is the absence of belief. An atheist is not primarily a person who believes that a god does not exist; rather, he does not believe in the existence of a god.
gloss: Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
pos: noun
tags: historical
rare
uncountable
usually
examples: Domitilla, Flavia, niece of the emperor Domitian (81-96). She and her husband, Flavius Clemens (consul in 95 and cousin of Domitian), were probably Christians; charged with atheism and adoption of Jewish ways, they were punished (95) with death (Clemens) and exile (Domitilla).
Sacrificial religion becomes redundant – which is why Christianity did indeed have a reputation in the ancient world for atheism: it rejected the key duty humans are thought to owe to the gods, namely sacrifice.
gloss: A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones.
pos: noun
tags: proscribed
sometimes
uncountable
usually
examples: Some worldviews are based in a belief in God; others are not. Buddhism, Taoism, atheism, Marxism, and existentialism are examples of worldviews that are nontheistic.
Buddhism and atheism do agree on the view that there is no God. But Buddhism and atheist materialism totally disagree on the points such as “What is life?”, “Is there any Super natural?” etc.
Another reason why the transition between Buddhism and atheism seemed so easy, was my personal discomfort with the theory of reincarnation.
Related words: atheist
atheistic
atheistical
atheistically
atheisticalness
atheophobia
agnosticism
atheal
athean
atheonism
deism
monotheism
panentheism
pantheism
polytheism
theism
Derived words: antiatheism
Atheism Plus
faitheism
hard atheism
metatheism
neoatheism
new atheism
nonatheism
panatheism
pseudoatheism
pseudo-atheism
soft atheism
state atheism
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: ateïsme
lang: Albanian
word: ateizëm
lang: Arabic
word: إِلْحَاد
roman: ʔilḥād
lang: Arabic
word: زَنْدَقَة
roman: zandaqa
lang: Arabic
word: الحاد
roman: elḥād
lang: Armenian
word: աթեիզմ
roman: atʻeizm
lang: Armenian
word: աստվածամերժություն
roman: astvacameržutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ateizm
lang: Basque
word: ateismo
lang: Belarusian
word: атэі́зм
roman: ateízm
lang: Belarusian
word: бязбо́жжа
roman: bjazbóžža
lang: Belarusian
word: бязбо́жнасць
roman: bjazbóžnascʹ
lang: Bengali
word: নাস্তিক্যবাদ
roman: nastikkobad
lang: Breton
word: dizoueegezh
lang: Bulgarian
word: атеи́зъм
roman: ateízǎm
lang: Bulgarian
word: безбо́жие
roman: bezbóžie
lang: Burmese
word: ဘုရားမဲ့ဝါဒ
roman: bhu.ra:mai.wada.
lang: Catalan
word: ateisme
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 無神論 /无神论
roman: mou⁴ san⁴ leon⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 無神論 /无神论
roman: wúshénlùn
lang: Czech
word: ateismus
lang: Danish
word: ateisme
lang: Dutch
word: atheïsme
lang: Esperanto
word: ateismo
lang: Estonian
word: ateism
lang: Faroese
word: gudloysi
lang: Finnish
word: ateismi
lang: French
word: athéisme
lang: Galician
word: ateísmo
lang: Georgian
word: ათეიზმი
roman: ateizmi
lang: German
word: Atheismus
lang: German
word: Gottlosigkeit
lang: Greek
word: αθεΐα
roman: atheḯa
lang: Greek
word: αθεϊσμός
roman: atheïsmós
lang: Hawaiian
word: hōʻole akua
lang: Hebrew
word: אַתֶּאִיְזם
roman: ate'ízm
lang: Hindi
word: नास्तिकता
roman: nāstiktā
lang: Hungarian
word: ateizmus
lang: Icelandic
word: trúleysi
lang: Icelandic
word: guðleysi
lang: Ido
word: ateismo
lang: Indonesian
word: ateisme
lang: Interlingua
word: atheismo
lang: Irish
word: aindiachas
lang: Italian
word: ateismo
lang: Japanese
word: 無神論
roman: mushinron
lang: Kazakh
word: дінсіздік
roman: dınsızdık
lang: Kazakh
word: атеизм
roman: ateizm
lang: Khmer
word: អទេវនិយម
roman: a’teivea’ni’yum
lang: Korean
word: 무신론
roman: musillon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بێ باوەڕی
roman: bê bawerrî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ateîzm
lang: Kyrgyz
word: атеизм
roman: ateizm
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кудайсыздык
roman: kudaysızdık
lang: Lao
word: ອະເທວະນິຢົມ
roman: ʼa th ni yom
lang: Latin
word: atheismus
lang: Latvian
word: ateisms
lang: Lithuanian
word: ateizmas
lang: Macedonian
word: атеи́зам
roman: ateízam
lang: Malay
word: ateisme
lang: Malayalam
word: നിരീശ്വരവാദം
roman: nirīśvaravādaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: ateiżmu
lang: Marathi
word: नास्तिकता
roman: nāstiktā
lang: Mongolian
word: атеизм
roman: ateizm
lang: Mongolian
word: бурхангүй
roman: burxangüj
lang: Nepali
word: नास्तिकता
roman: nāstikatā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: ateisme
lang: Occitan
word: ateïsme
lang: Odia
word: ନାସ୍ତିକତା
roman: nāstikatā
lang: Old English
word: gelēaflēasnes
lang: Pashto
word: اتيزم
lang: Persian
word: بیخدایی
roman: bi-xodâyi
lang: Polish
word: ateizm
lang: Polish
word: bezbożność
lang: Portuguese
word: ateísmo
lang: Punjabi
word: ایتھیازم
lang: Romanian
word: ateism
lang: Russian
word: атеи́зм
roman: atɛízm
lang: Russian
word: безбо́жие
roman: bezbóžije
lang: Sanskrit
word: निरीश्वरवाद
roman: nirīśvaravāda
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dhiadhaireachd
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dia-àicheadh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: атеѝзам
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ateìzam
lang: Slovak
word: ateizmus
lang: Slovene
word: ateizem
lang: Spanish
word: ateísmo
lang: Swedish
word: ateism
lang: Tagalog
word: ateismo
lang: Tajik
word: атеизм
roman: ateyizm
lang: Tajik
word: бехудоӣ
roman: bexudoyi
lang: Tamil
word: இறைமறுப்பு
roman: iṟaimaṟuppu
lang: Telugu
word: నాస్తికత
roman: nāstikata
lang: Telugu
word: నాస్తిక్యము
roman: nāstikyamu
lang: Thai
word: อเทวนิยม
roman: à-tee-wá-ní-yom
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྷ་མེད་སྨྲ་བ་པོ།
roman: lha med smra ba po
lang: Turkish
word: ateizm
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: دینسزلك
roman: dinsizlik
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كفر
roman: küfr
lang: Turkmen
word: ateizm
lang: Ukrainian
word: атеї́зм
roman: atejízm
lang: Ukrainian
word: безбо́жність
roman: bezbóžnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: безбо́жжя
roman: bezbóžžja
lang: Urdu
word: دَہْرِیَّت
roman: daihriyyat
lang: Uyghur
word: دىنسىزلىق
roman: dinsizliq
lang: Uzbek
word: ateizm
lang: Uzbek
word: dinsizlik
lang: Uzbek
word: dahriylik
lang: Vietnamese
word: chủ nghĩa vô thần
lang: Vietnamese
word: thuyết vô thần
lang: Vietnamese
word: vô thần luận
lang: Volapük
word: Godinoam
lang: Volapük
word: godinoam
lang: Welsh
word: anffyddiaeth
lang: Yiddish
word: אַטעיִזם
roman: ateizm
lang: Polish
word: ateizm