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atheistic

atheistic

12 6.7
Not believing in any gods
  • adjective
  • /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪk/
translation icon : ateísta
  • His atheistic views often led to debates about the existence of a higher power.
  • atheistic Communism
  • atheistic evolutionist
  • atheistic Communist

It is the bottom of atheistic philosophy.

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Examples

  • His view of the medieval world was clean, clear, and atheistic, just as was his view of modern life.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I came from a staunchly atheistic family and had been inside a church perhaps three times in my life.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The Soviet State was officially atheistic and was not interested in Russia's former property.

    Blog text (5)
  • In Hungary, the Soviet regime had installed a new political elite, the atheistic Communist Party.

    Academic text (1990)
  • There, education has been aggressively atheistic from the very outset of the regime.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The notion that atheistic humanism alone can rescue humanity from the perverse threats of its own nature is folly.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Many atheistic philosophies argue that belief in any gods is irrational.

  • Growing up in an atheistic environment, she rarely attended religious services.

Synonyms

godless
vsatheistic
35 7.0

Not believing in God or following any religion

is a more neutral term for disbelief, not for moral failings or impiety
atheist
vsatheistic
21 4.4

Relating to people who do not believe in any god

is used for relating to lack of belief rather than describing character
irreligious
vsatheistic
3 8.6

Not interested in religion or being against it

is neutral disbelief about gods rather than showing hostility toward religion
unbelieving
vsatheistic
1 6.8

Not accepting the idea of God or other religious ideas

focuses specifically on not believing in gods or on atheism
nontheistic
vsatheistic
1 7.9

Not believing in gods

refers to personal disbelief in gods rather than absence in systems
unreligious
vsatheistic
1 6.0

Not believing in a god or taking part in worship

focuses on disbelief in gods specifically rather than just lacking practice
atheistical
vsatheistic
9.9

Not believing in God or gods

is identical in meaning but differs only in form or style
religionless
vsatheistic
7.5

Not belonging to or following any religion

centers on active disbelief in gods rather than mere disconnection from religion

Antonyms

12 7.5

Believing that a god or gods exist

How Religious

religious
2.7
spiritual
660 4.8
secular
143 4.7
atheistic
12 6.7

Surface Forms

atheistic positive

Morphology

atheistic = atheist (transparent) = atheist + ic

Derived straightforwardly from the noun 'atheist' with the adjectival suffix '-ic', meaning 'relating to atheism'.

Etymology

Atheistic comes from Greek parts a- meaning 'not' and theos meaning 'god'. So atheistic means 'not believing in gods', the opposite of a theist.