Atheism

/ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/

Synonyms for "atheism" (40 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(2 words)
atheistic studiesdisbelief

Strong matches (12)

Noun(1 words)
hard atheism

Related words (20)

Noun(6 words)
nonbeliefnonreligionpositive atheismsecularist scholarshipstrong atheismunbelief

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  • Closest matches in this entry: agnosticism, apostasy, atheistic studies, backsliding, denial.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries
academic fieldbelief systemdisbeliefdisciplinephilosophical positionunbelief

More specific

6 entries
hard atheismhistorical atheismscientific atheismstate atheismstrong atheismweak atheism

Collocations

6 entries
historical atheismphilosophical atheismpublic atheismscientific atheismstrong atheismweak atheism

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Translations

116 translations across 89 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • ateïsme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Albanian

1 entries
  • ateizëm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Arabic

3 entries
  • إِلْحَاد noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • الحاد noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • زَنْدَقَة noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Armenian

2 entries
  • աթեիզմ noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • աստվածամերժություն noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ateizm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Basque

1 entries
  • ateismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Belarusian

3 entries
  • атэі́зм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • бязбо́жжа noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • бязбо́жнасць noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Bengali

1 entries
  • নাস্তিক্যবাদ noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Breton

1 entries
  • dizoueegezh noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • атеи́зъм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • безбо́жие noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘုရားမဲ့ဝါဒ noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Catalan

1 entries
  • ateisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بێ باوەڕی noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 無神論 /无神论 noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 無神論 /无神论 noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Czech

1 entries
  • ateismus noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Danish

1 entries
  • ateisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Dutch

1 entries
  • atheïsme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ateismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Estonian

1 entries
  • ateism noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Faroese

1 entries
  • gudloysi noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Finnish

1 entries
  • ateismi noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

French

1 entries
  • athéisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Galician

1 entries
  • ateísmo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Georgian

1 entries
  • ათეიზმი noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

German

2 entries
  • Atheismus noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • Gottlosigkeit noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Greek

2 entries
  • αθεΐα noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • αθεϊσμός noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hōʻole akua noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַתֶּאִיְזם noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Hindi

1 entries
  • नास्तिकता noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ateizmus noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Icelandic

2 entries
  • guðleysi noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • trúleysi noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Ido

1 entries
  • ateismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ateisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Interlingua

1 entries
  • atheismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Irish

1 entries
  • aindiachas noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Italian

1 entries
  • ateismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Japanese

1 entries
  • 無神論 noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Kazakh

2 entries
  • атеизм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • дінсіздік noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Khmer

1 entries
  • អទេវនិយម noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Korean

1 entries
  • 무신론 noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • атеизм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • кудайсыздык noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Lao

1 entries
  • ອະເທວະນິຢົມ noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Latin

1 entries
  • atheismus noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Latvian

1 entries
  • ateisms noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ateizmas noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Macedonian

1 entries
  • атеи́зам noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Malay

1 entries
  • ateisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നിരീശ്വരവാദം noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Maltese

1 entries
  • ateiżmu noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Marathi

1 entries
  • नास्तिकता noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Mongolian

2 entries
  • атеизм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • бурхангүй noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Nepali

1 entries
  • नास्तिकता noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • ateîzm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ateisme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Occitan

1 entries
  • ateïsme noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Odia

1 entries
  • ନାସ୍ତିକତା noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Old English

1 entries
  • gelēaflēasnes noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • دینسزلك noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • كفر noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Pashto

1 entries
  • اتيزم noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Persian

1 entries
  • بیخدایی noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Polish

3 entries
  • ateizm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • ateizm noun (absence of belief in deities)
  • bezbożność noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ateísmo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ایتھیازم noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Romanian

1 entries
  • ateism noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Russian

2 entries
  • атеи́зм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • безбо́жие noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • निरीश्वरवाद noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dhiadhaireachd noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • dia-àicheadh noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ateìzam noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • атеѝзам noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Slovak

1 entries
  • ateizmus noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Slovene

1 entries
  • ateizem noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Spanish

1 entries
  • ateísmo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Swedish

1 entries
  • ateism noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ateismo noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Tajik

2 entries
  • атеизм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • бехудоӣ noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Tamil

1 entries
  • இறைமறுப்பு noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Telugu

2 entries
  • నాస్తికత noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • నాస్తిక్యము noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Thai

1 entries
  • อเทวนิยม noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ལྷ་མེད་སྨྲ་བ་པོ། noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Turkish

1 entries
  • ateizm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ateizm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • атеї́зм noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • безбо́жжя noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • безбо́жність noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Urdu

1 entries
  • دَہْرِیَّت noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دىنسىزلىق noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Uzbek

3 entries
  • ateizm noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • dahriylik noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • dinsizlik noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chủ nghĩa vô thần noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • thuyết vô thần noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • vô thần luận noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Volapük

2 entries
  • Godinoam noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))
  • godinoam noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Welsh

1 entries
  • anffyddiaeth noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַטעיִזם noun (lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist))

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Socrates was accused of atheism because he did not believe in Zeus.

Source: tatoeba (51048)

Atheism isn't a religious belief.

Source: tatoeba (603713)

Jose chose atheism and he never regretted it.

Source: tatoeba (1402583)

Atheism is irrational by definition.

Source: tatoeba (1922013)

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Closest matches include agnosticism, apostasy, atheistic studies, backsliding, denial.

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