as in infidel
a person who believes that God does not exist
He left the church while in college and became an atheist.
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The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
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Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
The wunderkind hyped to the heavens by Gazzetta dello Sport and subject to a series of ‘Pio Esiste’ headlines (a riff on ‘God Exists’) had a night for the atheists.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Defending religious liberty means defending it for Jews, Christians, Muslims, atheists and everyone else equally.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
And the invocation of Christian civilization leaves at best an uncomfortable marginality for atheists, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, and Jews.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
The wunderkind hyped to the heavens by Gazzetta dello Sport and subject to a series of ‘Pio Esiste’ headlines (a riff on ‘God Exists’) had a night for the atheists.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Defending religious liberty means defending it for Jews, Christians, Muslims, atheists and everyone else equally.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
And the invocation of Christian civilization leaves at best an uncomfortable marginality for atheists, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Muslims, and Jews.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atheist
infidel
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Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.—
Literary Hub,
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4 Mar. 2026
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Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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