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Recent Examples of atheism
At the same time, evangelists of a robust atheism—figures such as the biologist Richard Dawkins, the critic Christopher Hitchens, and the neuroscientist Sam Harris—toured the country offending salt-of-the-earth Americans with their contempt for religious belief.
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Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Although atheism is often associated with hyperrationality, this form of it is unapologetically irrational.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
On Monday, Turning Point USA brought its traveling roadshow of conspicuous Christian conservatism to its bête noire: UC Berkeley, aka ground zero for anarchism, anti-fascism, antisemitism, atheism, communism, transgenderism, etcetera, etcetera.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025
These secular congregations often appeal to atheists and other secular people, but their main purpose is not promoting atheism.
—Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
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Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Although atheism is often associated with hyperrationality, this form of it is unapologetically irrational.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
On Monday, Turning Point USA brought its traveling roadshow of conspicuous Christian conservatism to its bête noire: UC Berkeley, aka ground zero for anarchism, anti-fascism, antisemitism, atheism, communism, transgenderism, etcetera, etcetera.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025
These secular congregations often appeal to atheists and other secular people, but their main purpose is not promoting atheism.
—Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheism
Noun
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Others joked about returning to the Catholic Church after a lifetime of agnosticism and atheism.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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At a time when death metal bands are experimenting with new age and hardcore bands are embracing pop, Agriculture stand out by making their genre agnosticism feel proudly coherent, like these sounds were always meant to coexist.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But in drawing upon those exact fields of study to reverse the long-term march toward unbelief, the authors appear to have missed the mechanism by which those prior discoveries eroded faith: namely, that people had staked their belief on evidence that was overturned by subsequent data.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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My own passage into and back out of unbelief—one marked by a close reading of works that earlier illiberal societies had attempted to suppress on religious grounds—has strengthened my liberal commitments.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Another daughter's response was simple disbelief.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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The maritime sector is treating the news with something closer to wary disbelief than celebration.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Noun
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There is little doubt the B-52 will continue its epic run.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, soon signed it remotely too –– quickly casting doubt over whether an in-person signing event was now needed.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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“Atheism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheism. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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