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nontheistic

nontheistic

1 7.9
Not believing in gods
  • adjective
  • /nɒnθiˈɪstɪk/
translation icon : no teísta
  • However, collaboration among nontheistic organizations isn't a zero-sum game.
  • nontheistic organization

Examples

  • We come to a nontheistic life stance in many ways.

    Academic text (2011)
  • At that time, I had still not been seriously introduced to the nontheistic spirituality of Buddhism.

    Academic text (2014)
  • The book and the film are deeply nontheistic, or at least compellingly agnostic.

    Blog text (24)
  • Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) will give his first-ever public remarks on becoming the first openly nontheistic member of the US Congress.

    Blog text (6)
  • SCA's mission is to increase the visibility and respectability of nontheistic viewpoints in the United States, and to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government as the best guarantee of freedom for all.

    Academic text (2007)
  • As president of the Secular Coalition for America, an umbrella group of eight national nontheistic organizations, I am pleased to see theists and nontheists cooperating on an important issue.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Many students say their peers are supportive of their nontheistic clubs.

  • Staff and administrators should also create a welcoming environment for nontheistic students.

  • Teachers, school officials, and administrators bear a legal and moral obligation to safeguard the well-being of nontheistic students.

Synonyms

godless
vsnontheistic
35 7.0

Not believing in God or following any religion

is a neutral term about lack of belief, not irreverence
atheist
vsnontheistic
21 4.4

Relating to people who do not believe in any god

is broader, also applying to matters not involving deities
atheistic
vsnontheistic
12 6.7

Not believing in any gods

is broader, also applying to things not involving gods
irreligious
vsnontheistic
3 8.6

Not interested in religion or being against it

is neutral about attitude, simply lacking relation to gods
unbelieving
vsnontheistic
1 6.8

Not accepting the idea of God or other religious ideas

can include nonbelief without active rejection
unreligious
vsnontheistic
1 6.0

Not believing in a god or taking part in worship

focuses on belief or relation to gods rather than on practice
atheistical
vsnontheistic
9.9

Not believing in God or gods

is broader, including things that simply do not involve gods
nonbelieving
vsnontheistic
5.2

Not believing in religious ideas or practices

is more general, covering nonbelief and noninvolvement with gods

Antonyms

12 7.5

Believing that a god or gods exist

How Theistic

devout
55 5.7
theistic
12 7.5
nontheistic
1 7.9

Surface Forms

nontheistic positive

Morphology

nontheistic = theistic (transparent) = non + theist + ic

The prefix 'non-' clearly negates the meaning of 'theistic', indicating absence of belief in gods.

Etymology

Nontheistic combines non- ('not') and theist, from a root meaning 'god' and seen in words like atheist and theism. So nontheistic describes beliefs, people, or ideas that do 'not' involve belief in gods.