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Definition of Atheism
1. Noun. The doctrine or belief that there is no God.
Generic synonyms: Religious Orientation
Derivative terms: Atheist, Atheistic, Atheistic, Godless
Antonyms: Theism
2. Noun. A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Definition of Atheism
1. n. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
Definition of Atheism
1. Noun. (context: narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes, excluding other religious beliefs). ¹
2. Noun. (context: broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist). ¹
3. Noun. (context: very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities). ¹
4. Noun. (context: loosely uncommon) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atheism
1. the belief that there is no God [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atheism
Literary usage of Atheism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"No one can doubt that portentous systems of reasoned atheism have flourished in
the bosom of ... The history of reasoned atheism is as old as the history ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"OF atheism. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,
... And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ..."
3. The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, Clark Sutherland Northup (1908)
"XVI OF atheism I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend,1 and the ...
And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"OF atheism. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,
... And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"XVI OF atheism I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend,1 and the Talmud
... It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"atheism. I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and
the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, ..."
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