atheists

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of atheist.

   Many atheists base their worldview on scientific evidence rather than scripture.

   The survey grouped agnostics and atheists into a single category.

   Note

   A plural that gathers people who hold quite different positions. Some atheists simply lack belief in gods. Others are certain no gods exist. In a broad usage, doubters and agnostics are counted among them too. Careful writers avoid stretching the word to cover anyone nonreligious, including followers of a religion without gods. When precision matters, say which kind of atheist you mean.

2. 2
   verbrare

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of atheist.

   Note

   Behind this form is a rare transitive verb. To atheist someone is to make them an atheist, so the form needs an object, as in a book that atheists its readers. Almost every atheists a reader meets is the ordinary plural noun. Read it as a verb only when a singular subject comes before it and an object follows.

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