atheist
noun
athe·ist
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Definition of atheist
: a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism
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Other Words from atheist
atheistic
\ ˌā-thē-ˈis-tik
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or atheistical \ ˌā-thē-ˈis-ti-kəl
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adjective
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or atheistical \ ˌā-thē-ˈis-ti-kəl
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adjective
atheistically
\ -ti-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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adverb
Examples of atheist in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Meanwhile, the number of atheists has risen from 1% to 3%. — P.z. | Istanbul, The Economist, "In Turkey, demography is a brake on Islamisation," 1 July 2019 McCall, an atheist, reached out to Ericksen to thank him for his vocal support of immigrants, racial justice and members of the LGBTQ community. — oregonlive.com, "Portland stripper, pastor form unusual alliance for immigrant children after ICE raid," 16 Aug. 2019 The claim that atheists were the cause of these holocausts is false. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: The real danger; Where is the integrity in the Judicial Department?; Atheism not a belief system (8/8/19)," 8 Aug. 2019 Besides Jews themselves, atheists did the best on the Jewish questions, averaging 1.3 correct answers. — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, "Americans don’t know much about Judaism but love the Jews, survey says," 23 July 2019 China is officially an atheist country, although around 18% of the country's citizens identify as Buddhist, 5% Christians and under 2% Muslim, according to the CIA Factbook. — Ben Westcott, CNN, "Xinjiang's Uyghurs didn't choose to be Muslim, new Chinese report says," 22 July 2019 The most religiously strident are as likely to be atheists. — The Economist, "Why India’s south confounds the otherwise all-conquering Narendra Modi," 21 June 2019 The legal challenge began with the American Humanist Association, a nonprofit atheist organization that has filed similar lawsuits throughout the country. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "SCOTUS: Cross honoring military can remain on public land," 20 June 2019 This act also provoked the ire of Madalyn O’Hair, an atheist activist who had successfully banned Bible reading in public schools only a few years before. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "Spaceflight and Spirituality, a Complicated Relationship," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'atheist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for atheist
atheist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of atheist
: a person who believes that God does not exist
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atheist
noun
athe·ist
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Kids Definition of atheist
: a person who believes there is no God
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