atheism

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• /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/
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16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”, from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “deity, god”)). First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: ateisme — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• French: athéisme — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• German: Atheismus — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• German: Gottesleugnung — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Greek: αθεΐα (atheḯa) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Greek: αθεϊσμός (atheïsmós) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Ancient Greek: ἀθεότης (atheótēs) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Indonesian: ateisme — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Malay: ateisme — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Malayalam: നിരീശ്വരവാദം (nirīśvaravādaṁ) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Māori: whakapono atuakore — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Polish: ateizm — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Portuguese: ateísmo — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Swedish: ateism — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Tamil: இறைமறுப்பு (iṟaimaṟuppu) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Tamil: நாத்திகம் (nāttikam) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسزلك (dinsizlik) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr) — belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs)
• Afrikaans: ateïsme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Albanian: ateizëm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Arabic: إِلْحَاد (ʔilḥād) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Arabic: زَنْدَقَة (zandaqa) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Arabic: الحاد (elḥād) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Armenian: աթեիզմ (atʻeizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Armenian: աստվածամերժություն (astvacameržutʻyun) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Azerbaijani: ateizm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Basque: ateismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Belarusian: атэі́зм (ateízm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Belarusian: бязбо́жжа (bjazbóžža) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Belarusian: бязбо́жнасць (bjazbóžnascʹ) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Bengali: নাস্তিক্যবাদ (nastikkobad) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Breton: dizoueegezh — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Bulgarian: атеи́зъм (ateízǎm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Bulgarian: безбо́жие (bezbóžie) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Burmese: ဘုရားမဲ့ဝါဒ (bhu.ra:mai.wada.) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Catalan: ateisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Chinese Cantonese: 無神論 /无神论 (mou4 san4 leon6) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Chinese Mandarin: 無神論 /无神论 (wúshénlùn) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Czech: ateismus — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Danish: ateisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Dutch: atheïsme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Esperanto: ateismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Estonian: ateism — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Faroese: gudloysi — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Finnish: ateismi — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• French: athéisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Galician: ateísmo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Georgian: ათეიზმი (ateizmi) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• German: Atheismus — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• German: Gottlosigkeit — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Greek: αθεΐα (atheḯa) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Greek: αθεϊσμός (atheïsmós) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Hawaiian: hōʻole akua — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Hebrew: אַתֶּאִיְזם (ate'ízm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Hindi: नास्तिकता (nāstiktā) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Hungarian: ateizmus — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Icelandic: trúleysi — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Icelandic: guðleysi — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ido: ateismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Indonesian: ateisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Interlingua: atheismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Irish: aindiachas — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Italian: ateismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Japanese: 無神論 (mushinron) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Kazakh: дінсіздік (dınsızdık) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Kazakh: атеизм (ateizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Khmer: អទេវនិយម (a’teivea’ni’yum) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Korean: 무신론 (musillon) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Central Kurdish: بێ باوەڕی (bê bawerrî) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Northern Kurdish: ateîzm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Kyrgyz: атеизм (ateizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Kyrgyz: кудайсыздык (kudaysızdık) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Lao: ອະເທວະນິຢົມ (ʼa th ni yom) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Latin: atheismus — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Latvian: ateisms — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Lithuanian: ateizmas — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Macedonian: атеи́зам (ateízam) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Malay: ateisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Malayalam: നിരീശ്വരവാദം (nirīśvaravādaṁ) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Maltese: ateiżmu — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Marathi: नास्तिकता (nāstiktā) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Mongolian: атеизм (ateizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Mongolian: бурхангүй (burxangüj) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Nepali: नास्तिकता (nāstikatā) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Norwegian Bokmål: ateisme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Occitan: ateïsme — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Odia: ନାସ୍ତିକତା (nāstikatā) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Old English: gelēaflēasnes — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Pashto: اتيزم — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Persian: بیخدایی (bi-xodâyi) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Polish: ateizm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Polish: bezbożność — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Portuguese: ateísmo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Punjabi: ایتھیازم — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Romanian: ateism — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Russian: атеи́зм (atɛízm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Russian: безбо́жие (bezbóžije) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Sanskrit: निरीश्वरवाद (nirīśvaravāda) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Scottish Gaelic: dhiadhaireachd — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Scottish Gaelic: dia-àicheadh — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Serbo-Croatian: атеѝзам — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Serbo-Croatian: ateìzam — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Slovak: ateizmus — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Slovene: ateizem — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Spanish: ateísmo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Swedish: ateism — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Tagalog: ateismo — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Tajik: атеизм (ateyizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Tajik: бехудоӣ (bexudoyi) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Tamil: இறைமறுப்பு (iṟaimaṟuppu) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Telugu: నాస్తికత (nāstikata) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Telugu: నాస్తిక్యము (nāstikyamu) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Thai: อเทวนิยม (à-tee-wá-ní-yom) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Tibetan: ལྷ་མེད་སྨྲ་བ་པོ། (lha med smra ba po) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Turkish: ateizm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ottoman Turkish: دینسزلك (dinsizlik) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Turkmen: ateizm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ukrainian: атеї́зм (atejízm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ukrainian: безбо́жність (bezbóžnistʹ) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Ukrainian: безбо́жжя (bezbóžžja) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Urdu: دَہْرِیَّت (daihriyyat) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Uyghur: دىنسىزلىق (dinsizliq) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Uzbek: ateizm — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Uzbek: dinsizlik — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Uzbek: dahriylik — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa vô thần — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Vietnamese: thuyết vô thần — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Vietnamese: vô thần luận — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Volapük: Godinoam — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Volapük: godinoam — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Welsh: anffyddiaeth — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Yiddish: אַטעיִזם (ateizm) — lack of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)
• Polish: ateizm — absence of belief in deities
• Polish: ateizm — rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones