atheism

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/ === Noun === atheism (usually uncountable, plural atheisms) A non-belief in deities. Synonym: Epicureanism (obsolete in this sense) Antonyms: theism, religion Coordinate terms: agnosticism, antitheism; apatheism, dystheism, eutheism, igtheism, maltheism, misotheism, pantheism, transtheism (strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs). Near-synonyms: antireligiousness, irreligion, irreligiousness (loosely) A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god. Near-synonyms: irreligion, irreligiousness, nonreligion, nonreligiousness (very loosely) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities). (historical or rare) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities). (sometimes proscribed) A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:atheism. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms === References === “atheism”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. (31 August 2006). Encyclopædia Britannica, Kai Nielsen (2011), keyword ATHEISM Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Paul Edwards (1967, 2005), keyword ATHEISM Michael Martin, ATHEISM, A Philosophical Justification George H. Smith, The Scope of Atheism, in Atheism: The Case Against God (1979) === Anagrams === Hamites, hamites, has time, meatish, theaism