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atheism
English
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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)
- (strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
- (broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
- (very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
- (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
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- what atheist mean
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tritheism
English
Etymology
tri- +? theism
Noun
tritheism (usually uncountable, plural tritheisms)
- A belief in three gods.
- Any of several forms of Christianity that deny the Trinity.
Related terms
- atheism
- bitheism
- ditheism
- henotheism
- monotheism
- nontheism
- panentheism
- pantheism
- polytheism
- theism
- unitheism
Translations
Anagrams
- mirthiest
tritheism From the web:
- what does tritheism mean
- what does tritheism
- what do tritheism meaning
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