A-theist vs Atheos-ist (RE-UPLOAD)

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Channel: BionicDance · 2011 · Education

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atheist
Origin: 1565--75;  Greek áthe(os) godless + -ist
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2011

...but then how do you express 'a-theist'--one who is not a believer, but also not an active dis-believer, then?

We have TWO words, and unfortunately, they're both spelled the same way.
Seems to me that a change is in order, and the easier change is to make the deniers into 'atheosists', given the Greek origin above.

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