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Etymology
From F. term|athéiste (term|athée + term|-iste) < L. term|atheos < AGr. term|scpolytonic|�θεο�|tratheos||godless, denying the gods < term|�-|tra-||without + term|scpolytonic|θε��|tr=theos||god..
Pronunciation
IPA|/�eɪθiɪst/
audio|en-us-atheist.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: a·the·ist
Noun
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- A person who does not believe that deity|deities exist; one who lacks belief in gods.
#* 2006, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, page 51:
#*: Atheists do not have faith; and reason alone could not propel one to total conviction that anything definitely does not exist.
- A person who believes that no deity|deities exist; one who deny|denies the existence of all gods.
Usage notes
sense|person who does not believe that deities exist Note the difference between the two senses. In general, those who identify themselves as atheists say they do not have a belief, while those who are believers identify atheists using the second sense, someone who denies the existence. This reflects the different underlying philosophies�the religious see belief or faith as valid; the non-religious do not. (This is the substance of the Dawkins quotation.)
Translations
trans-top|person who does not believe that deities exist
Czech: ateista f
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trans-top|person who believes that no deities exist
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Albanian: ateist
Catalan: ateu m atea f
Chinese:
Estonian: ateist
Finnish: ateisti
French: t+|fr|athée|m|f
German: Atheist m; Atheistin f
Greek: t+|el|άθεοÏ�|m|scGrek (átheos) m, t+|el|αθεÏ�Ï�Ï�ήÏ�|m|scGrek (atheïstÃs)
Hungarian: ateista
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Interlingua: atheo m, athea f
Italian: ateo m, ateista m|f
Japanese: ���� (�������)
Kurdish: KUchar|کا�ر
Latin: atheos
Polish: ateista m, ateistka f
Portuguese: t|pt|ateu|m, t|pt|atéia|f
Russian: а�еи�� m а�еи��ка f
Romanian: ateu m atee f
Slovene: ateist m, ateistka f
Spanish: t+|es|ateo|m, t-|es|atea|f
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Related terms
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agnostic
agnosticism
atheism
atheistic
atheophobia
belief
deist
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deity
monotheist
pandeist
pantheist
polytheist
theist
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