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noun the doctrine or belief that there is no God
noun a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
origin16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”, from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “deity, god”)). First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0