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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Atheism

/əth-īs'-əm/ · A·the·ism · IPA /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/
01 n. The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
  1. 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. 2.
    Godlessness.