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ATHEISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does atheism mean?
• ATHEISM (noun)
The noun ATHEISM has 1 sense:
1. a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
Familiarity information: ATHEISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("atheism" is a kind of...):
disbelief; unbelief (a rejection of belief)
Antonym:
theism (the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods)
Derivation:
atheist (someone who does not believe in the existence of a god)
atheistic (rejecting any belief in gods)
atheistic (related to or characterized by or given to atheism)
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