ATHEIST Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

atheist

noun

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a person who believes that God does not exist He left the church while in college and became an atheist.

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Recent Examples of atheist Melina Cohen is the communications director for American Atheists, a national nonprofit working to protect civil rights, advance political equality, achieve social inclusion, and empower atheists and other nonreligious people through advocacy, education, and community building. —

Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 Black Non-Believers Often Conceal Their Beliefs While Networking Sadly, Black atheists and agnostics feel pressure to hide their secularism in professional settings in order to maintain relationships. —

Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Currently, roughly 70 percent of active-duty personnel identify as Christian, with substantial numbers of atheists, agnostics, Jews, Muslims, and affiliates of Eastern religions in the ranks. —

Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 My father was a strict atheist, and my mother was agnostic. —

Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for atheist