Apatheism vs Lee - What's the difference?
apatheism | lee |
(religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
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English terms with alpha privatives
(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
* Morte d'Arthure
* Tyndall
As a noun apatheism
is (religion) apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.As a proper noun lee is
for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).apatheism
English
(apatheism)Noun
(-)Let It Be," The Atlantic (US), May (retrieved 26 Sep 2010):
- [A]patheism is an attitude, not a belief system, and the over-riding fact is that these people are relaxed about religion.
Synonyms
* apnosticismDerived terms
* apatheistSee also
* agnostic * agnosticism * atheism * atheist * atheophobia * ignosticismReferences
lee
English
Noun
(en noun)- the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
- We lurked under lee .
- Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .