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new atheist

new atheist noun: an atheist who identifies with the new atheism movement.

Noun

new atheist (plural new atheists)

  1. An atheist who identifies with the new atheism movement.
    Synonyms:
    Gnu

Adjective

new atheist (comparative more new atheist, superlative most new atheist)

  1. Related to new atheism.
    • All the ‘Milo OWNS stupid feminist’ type of videos today are made with much the same style as the new atheist videos that were equally numerous on YouTube a few years before with titles like ‘HITCHSLAP. Hitchens OWNS stupid Christian woman’.2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN

Synonyms of new atheist

Forms of new atheist

Noun
pluralnew atheists
alternative formGnu atheist
Adjective
comparativemore new atheist
superlativemost new atheist

Questions about new atheist

What does new atheist mean?
New atheist means an atheist who identifies with the new atheism movement.
What part of speech is new atheist?
New atheist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of new atheist?
The plural of new atheist is new atheists.

Words near new atheist in the dictionary

  1. New Aquitaine
  2. New Ash Green
  3. New Ashford
  4. New Asturias
  5. new atheism
  6. new atheist
  7. new atheists
  8. New Athos
  9. New Augusta
  10. new Australian
  11. new Australians

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