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profess atheism
atheism 通常不可数，不与 a/an 连用。
He openly professed atheism after years of doubt.
他多年疑惑后公开宣称无神论。
无神论
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无神论
the belief that there is no God
He openly professed atheism after years of doubt.
他多年疑惑后公开宣称无神论。
不信神祇
A non-belief in deities.
无神论的教义或信仰
the doctrine or belief that there is no God
忽视对上帝的职责；行为与信仰上帝不符(无论是否严格意义上的信仰)
neglect of one's obligations to God; behavior incongruent with belief in God (regardless of belief in the strict sense).
对神或诸神存在缺乏信仰
a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
Atheism is more common in some countries than in others.
无神论在一些国家比在其他国家更常见。
He talked openly about his atheism at the dinner table.
他在餐桌上公开谈论自己的无神论。
Many people mistake atheism for a religion.
许多人把无神论误认为一种宗教。
atheism 通常不可数，不与 a/an 连用。
He openly professed atheism after years of doubt.
他多年疑惑后公开宣称无神论。
to 是介词，后接名词；表达“改信无神论”时常用 convert to atheism。
Many intellectuals converted to atheism in the nineteenth century.
许多知识分子在十九世纪改信无神论。
for 和 against 都可与 atheism 搭配，分别表示支持或反对无神论的论证。
His argument for atheism rests on the problem of evil.
他支持无神论的论证建立在恶的问题之上。
Not this
He is an atheism.
Use this
He is an atheist.
atheism 指“无神论”这一学说或信仰，不指人；表示“无神论者”要用 atheist。因此不能说 an atheism，而应说 an atheist。
Not this
She believes atheism.
Use this
She believes in atheism.
表示“信奉某种信仰或主义”时，英语用 believe in + 名词；believe 后直接接宾语通常表示“相信某事为真”。所以“信奉无神论”应为 believe in atheism，不能漏掉介词 in。
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激进的无神论
His militant atheism often sparked heated debates.
他激进的无神论常常引发激烈辩论。
新无神论（21世纪初兴起的无神论运动）
The new atheism movement gained popularity through best-selling books.
新无神论运动通过畅销书而流行起来。
公开声明自己不信神
She decided to declare her atheism to her family.
她决定向家人公开声明自己不信神。
接受无神论
After years of doubt, he embraced atheism.
经过多年的怀疑，他接受了无神论。
无神论的兴起
The rise of atheism in modern societies has been widely studied.
现代社会中无神论的兴起已被广泛研究。
无神论与有神论之争
The debate over atheism vs theism is as old as philosophy itself.
关于无神论与有神论的争论和哲学本身一样古老。
无神论是个非先知组织。
George Carlin's joke that 'atheism is a non-prophet organization' plays on the similar sound of non-profit.
乔治·卡林的笑话——‘无神论是个非先知组织’——利用了 non-profit 的谐音。
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记忆：a-（无）+ theism（神论）= 无神论。a 开头常含否定意味，如 amoral，所以 atheism 即“无神论”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：宗教讨论、哲学文本、日常谈话 该词通常用于正式或中性语境，在宗教或哲学讨论中比较常见，日常口语中使用较少。
复数形式为 atheisms，可用于表示不同类型的无神论。
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