English dictionary · noun

atheist

a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods

Meaning and definitions

1. a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods

Connected roots

• a-

  not, without (privative)

• the-

  god

• -ism

  doctrine, practice, condition

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• anonymous

  of unknown name or authorship

• theology

  the study of the nature of God and religious belief

• eleventh

  The ordinal form of the number eleven.

• apathy

  lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

• agnostic

  a person who believes that nothing is known of the existence of God

• amorphous

  without a clearly defined shape or form

• euphemism

  a mild word substituted for one considered too harsh

• theocracy

  Government under the control of a state religion.

• theism

  Belief in the existence of at least one deity.

• anachronism

  a thing belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists

• theocratic

  Pertaining to theocracy.

• apotheosis

  The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.

• theosophy

  a philosophy holding that knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual insight

• neologism

  a newly coined word or expression

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