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noun 
  1. 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.
      1. A person who believes that no deity, deities exist; one who deny, denies the existence of all gods.
Translations: 
  • French: m(fr, athée)f
  • German: Atheist ; Atheistin
  • Italian: ateo , ateista
  • Spanish: atea(es, ateo, m}}, {{t-, es)f
Etymology: From (term, athéiste) ((term, athée) + (term, -iste)) < (term, atheos) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=atheos, , godless, denying the gods) < (term, á-, tr=a-, , without) + (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=theos, , god)..


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