Atheist Definition

āthēist

atheists

noun

atheists

A person who believes that there is no God.

Webster's New World

(narrowly) A person who believes that no deities exist (especially, one who has no other religious belief).

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(broadly) A person who rejects belief that any deities exist (whether or not that person believes that deities do not exist).

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(loosely) A person who has no belief in any deities, such as a person who has no concept of deities.

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(loosely, uncommon) A person who does not believe in a particular deity (any deity in a particular pantheon), notwithstanding that they may believe in another deity.

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adjective

Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic.

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Other Word Forms of Atheist

Noun

Singular:

atheist

Plural:

atheists

Origin of Atheist

From French athéiste (athée + -iste), from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (atheos, “godless, without god”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theos, “god”)..

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