Atheistic

Atheistic
Atheistic A`the*is"tic, Atheistical A`the*is"tic*al, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. [1913 Webster]

Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • atheistic — 1630s, from ATHEIST (Cf. atheist) + IC (Cf. ic). Atheistical attested from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

  • atheistic — [[t]e͟ɪθiɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ Atheistic means connected with or holding the belief that there is no God. ...atheistic values. ...atheistic philosophers …   English dictionary

  • atheistic — atheistically, adv. atheisticness, n. /ay thee is tik/, adj. pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people. Also, atheistical. [1625 35; ATHEIST +… …   Universalium

  • atheistic — atheism ► NOUN ▪ the belief that God does not exist. DERIVATIVES atheist noun atheistic adjective atheistical adjective. ORIGIN from Greek a without + theos god …   English terms dictionary

  • atheistic — adjective see atheist …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • atheistic — adjective of or relating to atheists or atheism See Also: atheistical, theistic …   Wiktionary

  • atheistic — Synonyms and related words: apostate, atheist, backsliding, blasphemous, disbelieving, faithless, fallen, fallen from grace, gentile, goyish, heathen, impious, infidel, infidelic, irreligious, irreverent, lapsed, minimifidian, misbelieving, non… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • atheistic — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. freethinking, agnostic, skeptic, disbelieving, unbelieving, nonbelieving, irreligious, heretical, antiChristian, unconverted, profane, impious, blasphemous, worldly, materialistic, nihilist, godless, irreverent, ungodly.… …   English dictionary for students

  • atheistic — athe·is·tic || ‚eɪθɪ ɪstɪk(l) adj. pertaining to the belief that God does not exist …   English contemporary dictionary

  • atheistic — a.; (also atheistical) Godless, given to atheism …   New dictionary of synonyms

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