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neoatheist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A member of the vocally anti-religious movement that came to prominence in the early 2000s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2011, Frank J, Re: All Finnish public 3 IDists are now practically or close to YECs ... Group: talk.origins just denied unguided evolution and attacked strongly on neoatheists
  • 2013, The Faces of Satan, They batter believers in religion with smug certainty Group: can.politics, link neoatheist thinkers such as Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, I thought it amazing that he still wanted to learn something new

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History

Etymology

From neo- + atheist.