atheistic

[ey-thee-is-tik]

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adjective

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

Also a·the·is·ti·cal.

Origin of atheistic

First recorded in 1625–35; atheist + -ic

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

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Examples from the Web for atheistic

Contemporary Examples

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
Second, Nazism and Fascism were not atheistic in the first place.
The End of World Violence?
Sam Harris
October 4, 2011
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
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

Historical Examples

"Doctors are generally regarded as an atheistic lot," smiled the minister.
'Smiles'
Eliot H. Robinson
Tom closed his eyes, and shuddered at the dark, atheistic words.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The "Encyclopædia" was as revolutionary in politics as it was atheistic in religion.
Classic French Course in English
William Cleaver Wilkinson
To think that such a life as his should have been cut short by that atheistic villain!
The Day of Judgment
Joseph Hocking
But what do your systems of atheistic society show us in perspective?
Atheism Among the People
Alphonse de Lamartine

Word Origin and History for atheistic

adj.

1630s, from atheist + -ic. Atheistical attested from c.1600.

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Examples from the Web for atheistic

Contemporary Examples

When it comes to the history of violence, the significant distinction is not one between theistic and atheistic regimes.

Second, Nazism and Fascism were not atheistic in the first place.

They had Ph.D. degrees from some German school, all based on some atheistic, humanistic philosophy.

Congress established prayer day in 1952, at a time when Americans lived in fear of “atheistic Communism” and nuclear Armageddon.

Historical Examples

"Doctors are generally regarded as an atheistic lot," smiled the minister.

Tom closed his eyes, and shuddered at the dark, atheistic words.

The "Encyclopædia" was as revolutionary in politics as it was atheistic in religion.

To think that such a life as his should have been cut short by that atheistic villain!

But what do your systems of atheistic society show us in perspective?

Word Origin and History for atheistic

adj.

Origin of atheistic