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单词 atheism
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Definition of atheism in English:

atheism

noun ˈeɪθɪɪz(ə)mˈeɪθiˌɪzəm
mass noun
  • Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Denial of any purpose and order is current in atheism and materialism.
    • Miller discussed and investigated the philosophical basis and long history of atheism and disbelief.
    • And in terms of religious education is atheism or humanism ever given equal balance with official religions?
    • It had also been predicted that a great wave of atheism would sweep the world.
    • The school accepts children from other religions, and teaches alternative religions and even atheism.
    • No matter how strenuously some may try to deny it, atheism is a belief system.
    • Doubts and refutations were presented from the perspective of humanistic atheism and agnosticism.
    • Not one of the city's ancient churches was left unscathed by the long years of official atheism.
    • My atheism isn't due to a lack of interest in God at all, but rather the opposite: a fascination with humanity.
    • I had thought as a freshman at Kenyon that atheism was the most rebellious thing I could do.
    • I whole-heartedly welcome proposals to tell children about atheism and agnosticism in schools.
    • As a thinker he advanced from theological liberalism to deism, then pantheism and possibly to atheism.
    • One interesting discovery is the paucity of scholarly work on the actual history of atheism.
    • The teaching of eternal torment has done more to drive people to atheism and insanity than any other invention of the devil.
    • Christianity has nothing to fear from atheism or agnosticism.
    • It saddens me deeply that you feel that our ministry is more dangerous than atheism.
    • Indeed one of the other fashionable mistakes of the moment is to blur the distinction between the terms atheism and secularism.
    • How atheism and agnosticism have spread in the later generations is there for everyone to see.
    • Let me quickly say that I am not advocating mass conversions to atheism or agnosticism.
    • However, I think there's more that could be said about the relation between naturalism and atheism.
    Synonyms
    non-belief, non-theism, disbelief, unbelief, scepticism, doubt, agnosticism, irreligion, godlessness, ungodliness, profaneness, impiety, heresy, apostasy, paganism, heathenism, freethinking, nihilism

Origin

Late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- 'without' + theos 'god'.

 
 

Definition of atheism in US English:

atheism

nounˈāTHēˌizəmˈeɪθiˌɪzəm
  • Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It saddens me deeply that you feel that our ministry is more dangerous than atheism.
    • Not one of the city's ancient churches was left unscathed by the long years of official atheism.
    • However, I think there's more that could be said about the relation between naturalism and atheism.
    • No matter how strenuously some may try to deny it, atheism is a belief system.
    • My atheism isn't due to a lack of interest in God at all, but rather the opposite: a fascination with humanity.
    • Let me quickly say that I am not advocating mass conversions to atheism or agnosticism.
    • And in terms of religious education is atheism or humanism ever given equal balance with official religions?
    • Christianity has nothing to fear from atheism or agnosticism.
    • The school accepts children from other religions, and teaches alternative religions and even atheism.
    • Denial of any purpose and order is current in atheism and materialism.
    • It had also been predicted that a great wave of atheism would sweep the world.
    • The teaching of eternal torment has done more to drive people to atheism and insanity than any other invention of the devil.
    • One interesting discovery is the paucity of scholarly work on the actual history of atheism.
    • Doubts and refutations were presented from the perspective of humanistic atheism and agnosticism.
    • How atheism and agnosticism have spread in the later generations is there for everyone to see.
    • Miller discussed and investigated the philosophical basis and long history of atheism and disbelief.
    • I had thought as a freshman at Kenyon that atheism was the most rebellious thing I could do.
    • I whole-heartedly welcome proposals to tell children about atheism and agnosticism in schools.
    • Indeed one of the other fashionable mistakes of the moment is to blur the distinction between the terms atheism and secularism.
    • As a thinker he advanced from theological liberalism to deism, then pantheism and possibly to atheism.
    Synonyms
    non-belief, non-theism, disbelief, unbelief, scepticism, doubt, agnosticism, irreligion, godlessness, ungodliness, profaneness, impiety, heresy, apostasy, paganism, heathenism, freethinking, nihilism

Origin

Late 16th century: from French athéisme, from Greek atheos, from a- ‘without’ + theos ‘god’.

 
 
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