Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Atheism (Page: 95)

A"the*ism (#), n. [Cf. F. athéisme. See Atheist.]

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. Godlessness.