atheistic

[ ey-thee-is-tik ]

/ ˌeɪ θiˈɪs tɪk /

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adjective

pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people.

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Also a·the·is·ti·cal .

Origin of atheistic

First recorded in 1625–35; atheist + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM atheistic

a·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverba·the·is·tic·ness, nounan·ti·a·the·is·tic, adjectivean·ti·a·the·is·ti·cal, adjective

an·ti·a·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·a·the·is·tic, adjectivenon·a·the·is·ti·cal, adjectivenon·a·the·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby atheistic

Athapascan, Atharva-Veda, at heart, atheism, atheist, atheistic, Athel, athelia, atheling, Athelstan, athel tree

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When it comes to the history of violence, the significant distinction is not one between theistic and atheistic regimes.
The End of World Violence?|Sam Harris|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Second, Nazism and Fascism were not atheistic in the first place.
The End of World Violence?|Sam Harris|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They had Ph.D. degrees from some German school, all based on some atheistic, humanistic philosophy.
Left Behind Author Tim LaHaye on the Rapture|Marlow Stern|May 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Congress established prayer day in 1952, at a time when Americans lived in fear of “atheistic Communism” and nuclear Armageddon.
The Pentagon Prayer Fight|James Carroll|April 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Are they atheistic, are they just—don't have any feeling one way or the other?
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The common method of distinctly denying miracles is one involving either some atheistic or pantheistic principle.
Modern Skepticism|C. J. Ellicott
The divine development of the world is a great fact; the theory of atheistic evolution is only a baseless theory, a fiction.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith|Robert Patterson
No atheistic reasoning can, I hold, dislodge religion from the human heart.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall
I glibly repeated phrases I had heard my father use, but I had no real understanding of his atheistic doctrines.
The Promised Land|Mary Antin

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