as in idolator
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
Douglas Murray — the snarky British atheist — now agrees with Rauch and Peterson that healthy faith is a must-have for a healthy society.
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Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Could an evangelical school like Wheaton College be compelled to appoint an atheist to its faculty?
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Omagh said that as an atheist and member of an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan known as the Hazara, returning home under the rule of the Taliban would mean death.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Male atheists can be differentiated from Christians on the basis of facial cues.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Mike Woodruff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Could an evangelical school like Wheaton College be compelled to appoint an atheist to its faculty?
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Omagh said that as an atheist and member of an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan known as the Hazara, returning home under the rule of the Taliban would mean death.
—arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Male atheists can be differentiated from Christians on the basis of facial cues.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheist
infidel
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Crowds of armed men thronged the streets in several Syrian cities, chanting for the blood of infidels.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
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But the belief is part of the reason that the Druze have been branded by Islamic militants as infidels.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
6 May 2025
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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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