| Main Entry: | atheism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief that no God exists |
Synonyms: |
disbelief, doubt, freethinking, godlessness, heresy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, irreligion, irreverence, nihilism, nonbelief, paganism, skepticism, unbelief |
Antonyms: |
belief, godliness, piety, religion |
| Main Entry: | heresy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters |
Synonyms: |
agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin |
Antonyms: |
orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
Synonyms: |
bohemianism, breach, contumaciousness, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, discordance, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, insubordination, lawlessness, mutinousness, negation, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, objection, opposition, originality, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, rejection, strangeness, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness, veto, violation |
Antonyms: |
compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |