atheistical

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪkəl/ UK /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #565888

Meanings

1

adj
Of or relating to atheism; atheistic.

A letter from Mr. [Brian Houghton] Hodgson to Mr. Bayley, was then read, giving an outline of the theocracy of the Buddha system of Nepal. […] According to the information now communicated, the northern Buddhas acknowledge four sets of divine beings, or of superhuman objects of veneration. The first of these is, contrary to the generally supposed atheistical tendency of the faith, one primæval and uncreated deity. This first Buddha manifested five of his attributes, as five secondary Buddhas; in one of whom, Amitabha, or the 'immeasurably splendid,' in Prakrit and Pali, Amitabo, we recognise the Amito of the Japanese.

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Synonyms

1 adj · of or relating to atheism;... atheistic

Opposites

theistical

Etymology

From atheist + -ical. Attested earlier than atheistic.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# atheistical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌeɪθiˈɪstɪkəl/
**Frequency rank:** 565888

## Meanings
1. Of or relating to atheism; atheistic.

## Examples
- A letter from Mr. [Brian Houghton] Hodgson to Mr. Bayley, was then read, giving an outline of the theocracy of the Buddha system of Nepal. […] According to the information now communicated, the northern Buddhas acknowledge four sets of divine beings, or of superhuman objects of veneration. The first of these is, contrary to the generally supposed atheistical tendency of the faith, one primæval and uncreated deity. This first Buddha manifested five of his attributes, as five secondary Buddhas; in one of whom, Amitabha, or the 'immeasurably splendid,' in Prakrit and Pali, Amitabo, we recognise the Amito of the Japanese.

## Antonyms
- theistical

## Etymology
From atheist + -ical. Attested earlier than atheistic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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