atheism

About 1.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A non-belief in deities.
2. noun Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
3. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god.
4. noun Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
5. noun Neglect of one's obligations to God; behavior incongruent with belief in God (regardless of belief in the strict sense).
6. noun Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
7. noun A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones.

Similar words

godlessness atheist atheistic disbelief postulatory apostasy blasphemy nonbelief irreligion nontheism

Often followed by

and is of in was or as to which

Word family

atheisms