Atheized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Caused to renounce belief in God or gods and become a nonbeliever in any deity
2. Converted from religious faith to a lack of belief in the existence of a divine being
3. Brought over to a position of disbelief in God, having once held some form of theistic faith

Etymology: "Atheized" is the past tense and past participle of "atheize," meaning to make someone an atheist or to treat something in an atheistic way. The verb is formed from "atheistic," itself built from "atheist" with the adjectival suffix "-ic," and the verb-forming suffix "-ize," which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or cause to be something. So "atheize" means roughly "to make atheistic," and "atheized" is simply that action in the past.

Synonyms: secularize, deconvert

Antonyms: convert