ATHEISM


Meaning of ATHEISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈā-thē-ˌi-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French athéisme, from athée atheist, from Greek atheos godless, from a- + theos god

Date: 1546

1. archaic : ungodliness , wickedness

2.

a. : a disbelief in the existence of deity

b. : the doctrine that there is no deity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.