different between atheism vs skeptic

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Etymology

16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ????? (átheos, “godless”), from ?- (a-, “without”) + ???? (theós, “deity, god”).First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??i?z?m/

Noun

atheism (usually uncountable, plural atheisms)

1. (strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
2. (broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
3. (very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
4. (historical) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).

Usage notes

The term atheism may refer either to:

• (rejection of belief): an explicit rejection of belief, with or without a denial that any deities exist (explicit atheism),
• (absence of belief): an absence of belief in the existence of any deities (weak atheism or soft atheism),
• (affirmative belief): an explicit belief that no gods exist (strong atheism or hard atheism).

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:atheism.

Derived terms

• meta-atheism, metatheism
• neoatheism, neo-atheism
• nonatheism, non-atheism
• antiatheism, anti-atheism
• pseudoatheism, pseudo-atheism

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

English

Alternative forms

• sceptic (British)

Etymology

From Latin *scepticus, (attested only in plural Sceptici (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Ancient Greek ????????? (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from ????????? (sképtomai, “I consider”), compare to ?????? (skopé?, “I view, examine”). (Note: In French, C in front of E and I had shifted (or was shifting) from the original [k] sound of Latin to the [s] sound, which might explain the double spelling, as some might have wanted to make sure that [k] would remain [k] by bringing back the K from the Greek spelling.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?p.t?k/

Noun

skeptic (plural skeptics) (American spelling)

1. Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.
2. Someone undecided as to what is true.
3. A type of agnostic; someone skeptical towards religion.

Related terms

• skeptical
• skepticism

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “skeptic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• skeptic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• skeptic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• skeptic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pickest, pickets, septick, spicket