atheisticadj.
/eɪθiːˈɪstɪk/ 1. Of or befitting an atheist; pertaining to or involving atheism.
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1634 W. Habington Castara ii. 70 Who will with silent piety confute Atheisticke Sophistry.
1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 45 A vague, general dread that Science..is atheistic in its tendency.
2. Of the nature of an atheist; denying the existence of a God; godless, impious.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adjective]
unrighteouseOE
hinderfulc1200
undevouta1300
unreligiousa1382
unkindc1390
unpiteous?c1400
indevout?1504
ungodly1526
godless1528
profane1568
ungodded1579
impious1585
unhalloweda1616
godforsaken?1623
devoteless1650
atheistic1677
undivine1686
Heaven-abandoned1720
indevotea1742
unctionless1842
indevotional1865
link1889
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III 179 A wide gate for atheistic blasphemous wits to impute to him the greatest sins.
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 136 The Atheistick Fools who God deny.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. II. xiv. 368 The moral doctrine taught by this ‘atheistic’ leader.
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