atheism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈeɪθiɪzəm/

Noun

uncountable usually broadly historical

(strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).

Japanese Meaning

神や超自然的な存在が存在しないと信じる思想（場合によっては他の宗教的信念の否定を含む場合もある）

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At the university debate, he defended atheism with calm, reasoned arguments rejecting the existence of any deities.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

大学の討論会で、彼は理性的で冷静な論拠を用いて神々が存在しないという信念を擁護した。

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Sense（1）

(strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).

For atheism to be rationally justified it is only necessary that it be more probable than not or at least more probable than theism. Certainty is no more required in the case of atheism than it is in the case of scientific theories.

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Sense（2）

(broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).

The theory of Secularism is a form, not of dogmatic, but of skeptical, Atheism; it is dogmatic only in denying the sufficiency of the evidence for the being and perfections of God. It does not deny, it only does not believe, His existence.

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Sense（3）

(very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).

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Sense（4）

(historical) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).

Domitilla, Flavia, niece of the emperor Domitian (81-96). She and her husband, Flavius Clemens (consul in 95 and cousin of Domitian), were probably Christians; charged with atheism and adoption of Jewish ways, they were punished (95) with death (Clemens) and exile (Domitilla).

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