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# atheist

«atheist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who believes there is no God or gods** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an atheist, atheists); adjective (atheist)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An atheist is a person who believes there is no God or gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#m1)

2) As an adjective, atheist describes such a person or view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In RE and ethics lessons, pupils learn that people hold many views: theists believe in God, atheists do not, and agnostics say they cannot know. Atheists can be kind and moral, just as religious people can; respect for different beliefs is part of school values. Phrases: be an atheist, an atheist view, atheists and believers.

### examples

- My uncle is an atheist, but he still comes to our carol service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x1)
- An atheist does not believe in any god. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x2)
- Atheists and Christians talked politely in the debate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x3)
- She became an atheist when she was older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x4)
- In ethics class, an atheist and a Muslim pupil shared their views. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x5)
- Being an atheist doesn't mean you have no values. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/#x6)

### note

Countable: an atheist (use "an"). Noun for the belief: atheism. Spelling: a-the-ist (Greek "a" = without, "theos" = god). Not the same as agnostic (not sure) or humanist (a non-religious view based on reason and kindness).

### In the corpora

- [An atheist believes there is no God; an agnostic thinks we cannot know whether there is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «atheist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/atheist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.