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nontheistic

nontheistic adjective: not believing in any gods.

Adjective

nontheistic (not comparable)

  1. Not believing in any gods.
    • The most influential contemporary school of non-theistic philosophers, the school of Comte, deny that either theism or atheism can be proved, and proscribe, with impartial rigour, all argument on either side...1866 February 15, Peter Bayne, “Critical Notices: The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism”, in The Fortnightly Review, volume 4, number 19, page 119
    • If the universe be regarded as self-existing, then men might hold to evolution, which is distinctly non-theistic, if not atheistic, not requiring a God for the reason that it is founded on the assumption that the possibility and potency and promise of all things reside in matter as matter.1892, Charles Force Deems, “The Outlook of Theology”, in Christian Thought, volume 9, New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham, page 440
    Synonyms:
    atheistic

Examples of nontheistic in a sentence

  • Thus what he called "natural religion" must not be confused with modern brands of naturalistic or nontheistic religion.1960, Hilary Shelton Smith, American Christianity: 1820-1960, →ISBN, →OL:
  • The nontheistic tradition of Buddhism generally takes the view that people (with each other's help) can liberate themselves.1991, Marie Louise Baird, Contemplative Psychology, translation of original by H.F. de Wit, →ISBN, page 156:

Synonyms of nontheistic

Forms of nontheistic

alternative formnon-theistic

Origin of nontheistic

From non- + theistic.

Words formed from nontheistic

Questions about nontheistic

What does nontheistic mean?
Nontheistic means not believing in any gods.
How do you use nontheistic in a sentence?
Thus what he called "natural religion" must not be confused with modern brands of naturalistic or nontheistic religion.
What part of speech is nontheistic?
Nontheistic is an adjective.

Words near nontheistic in the dictionary

  1. nontheatricals
  2. nontheft
  3. nontheism
  4. nontheisms
  5. nontheist
  6. nontheistic
  7. nontheistically
  8. nontheists
  9. nonthematic
  10. nonthematically
  11. nonthematizable

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