Atheism's Definition - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar...1385761866

athe·ist noun \ˈā-thē-ist\
: a person who believes that God does not exist

Looks like you need to have another talk with Mirriom-Wibstar Docktianery

Nice falacy those merriam guys have there....

How about we ask some other team?

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...?q=atheist

a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictiona...?q=atheist

someone who believes that God does not exist

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atheist?s=t

a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
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Can be confused: 1. agnostic, atheist (see synonym study at the current entry) ; 2. atheist, theist, deist.

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/atheist

a person who does not believe in God or gods adj of or relating to atheists or atheism

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/diction...olicy=true

a person who does not believe in God or gods

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dicti...sh/atheist

someone who believes that God does not exist

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/search.as...ne=atheist

someone who denies the existence of god

http://www.babylon.com/define/40/online-...onary.html

one who believes that God does not exist

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/atheism

someone who does not believe in God : atheist

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Well, it seems that all the dictionaries that state that an atheist is "someone who believes that god does not exist" Have been copying each other, given that the wording is always the same... Which is something that doesn't happen for the others... odd, don't you think?

Let's drop the dictionary, and look at... etymology!
Not many etymology dictionaries around....

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allo...hmode=none

1570s, from French athéiste (16c.), from Greek atheos "without god, denying the gods; abandoned of the gods; godless, ungodly," from a- "without" + theos "a god" (see Thea).

http://wordinfo.info/searches/results/atheist

1. Someone who does not believe in a God or gods or who denies the existence of a God, gods, or deities: "An atheist believes there is no God while an agnostic believes human beings can never know whether there is a God or not."
2. A person who denies, or disbelieves, that there is a supreme being or beings: "John's friend, who is an atheist, enjoys having long philosophical discussions with the archbishop of the local church."
3. A disbeliever, an unbeliever, a nonbeliever, a denier of God's existence, a godless person: "Laura believes in the existence of God, but her brother is an atheist."
4. Etymology: from French athéiste, from ancient Greek atheos, "godless, denying the gods"; from a-), "without, no" + theos), "god".

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So, what is it?
Which dictionary is right?
Why do most atheists (the ones on this site, on other sites and those who've written a few books on the subject) claim that it means someone who does not believe in the existence of any god?
Why, based on the definition from the previous question, does it look like Merriam and others have a bias?