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語源

Reportedly coined in 2001, as a blend of apathy +‎ theism, by author Robert J. Nash.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌæpəˈθi.ɪzəm/, enPR: ăp'ə-thēʹĭz-əm

名詞

apatheism (uncountable)

1. (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.

   Synonym: apnosticism

   Coordinate terms: agnosticism, atheism, atheophobia, ignosticism

   • 2003 May, Jonathan Rauch, “Let It Be”, in The Atlantic‎:

     [A]patheism is an attitude, not a belief system, and the over-riding fact is that these people are relaxed about religion.

派生語

• apatheist

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