atheist
- a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
Origin of atheist
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Contemporary Examples of atheist
An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.
Waleed Al Husseini spent 10 months in Palestinian prison for being an atheist blogger.
All religions condemn lying, but Alicia Florrick likely will not be elected if she runs as an atheist.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's AtheismRegina Lizik
November 24, 2014
Her hyperrealist paintings are so powerful that they converted her atheist parents to Christians.
These are all fruitful options to pursue for any atheist interested in challenging the immoral stereotypes we have.
Loud, Proud, and Atheist: ‘Openly Secular’ Encourages Nonbelievers to Come Out of the ClosetVlad Chituc
September 25, 2014
Historical Examples of atheist
He only who denies or ignores them can justly be stigmatised as an atheist.
Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense MetaphysicsWilliam Thomas Thornton
Yes, it occurred to me that if one had not a dollar one could not become an atheist.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Have I not misrepresented my gewgaws as the atheist misrepresents the truth?
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Granting this, one may form what conception one will of that Maker, but one cannot be an atheist.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
I confess that I have never been able to understand the position of the atheist.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
atheist
- a person who does not believe in God or gods
- of or relating to atheists or atheism
Word Origin and History for atheist
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 Thea).
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]