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Plural of atheist

regular plural

The plural of atheist is atheists.

Forms of atheist

Singularatheist /ˈeɪ.θi.ɪst/
Pluralatheists
Countablecountable

Atheists in a sentence

  • As has been said before, we are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in.2002 February, Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins on militant atheism, via TED
  • Throughout history, atheists were simply people who did not believe the prevalent God of the day.2009, Lyndon Lamborn, Standing For Something More: The Excommunication of Lyndon Lamborn, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 171
  • Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god.From the entry experiential
  • (Note: most 19th century American politicians did not call their friends filthy English atheists.2009 October 28, The Black Marvel [username], “Re: Charles David Conducts the Underground Railroad”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet). From the entry trufax
  • It's weird how atheists react with such venom to Christian ideas.2006 January 10, swampmidget, “Are You a "God-Hater"?”, in alt.religion.apologetics (Usenet), retrieved 22 Apr 2022. From the entry viamently

Meaning of atheist

  1. noun A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
  2. noun A person who is certain that no deities exist or who thinks that the existence of deities can be disproven.
  3. noun A person who doubts the existence of deities (therefore, an agnostic may be considered an atheist).

Full definition of atheist

Questions about the plural of atheist

What is the plural of atheist?
The plural of atheist is atheists.
Is atheist countable?
Atheist is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atheist (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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