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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atheism \A"the*ism\, n. [Cf. F. ath['e]isme. See {Atheist}.]
1. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or
supreme intelligent Being
Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing
above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken
tenderness. --R. Hall.
Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded.
--Shipley.
2. Godlessness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
atheism
n 1: the doctrine or belief that there is no God [syn: {godlessness}]
[ant: {theism}]
2: a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
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