atheism
(noun) a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
atheism (usually uncountable, plural atheisms)
(narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
(broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
(very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
(historical) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
The term atheism may refer either to
• (rejection of belief): an explicit rejection of belief, with or without a denial that any deities exist (explicit atheism),
• (absence of belief): an absence of belief in the existence of any deities (weak atheism or soft atheism),
• (affirmative belief): an explicit belief that no gods exist (strong atheism or hard atheism).
• Hamites, hamites, has time, meatish, theaism
Source: Wiktionary
A"the*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. athéisme. See Atheist.]
1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.
2. Godlessness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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