Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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atheism

/ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/ noun

Forms atheisms

  1. noun (strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
  2. noun (loosely) A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god.
  3. noun (very loosely) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
  4. noun (from a religious perspective) Neglect of one's obligations to God; behavior incongruent with belief in God (regardless of belief in the strict sense).
  5. noun (historical or rare) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
  6. noun (sometimes proscribed) A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones.

Synonyms

; Epicureanism antireligiousness irreligion irreligiousness nonreligion nonreligiousness godlessness

Antonyms

theism religion

Etymology

16th 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).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
  2. noun Godlessness.

Etymology [Cf. F. athéisme. See Atheist.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “atheism”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “atheism” (best matches first).