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Four Horsemen en · PROPN

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
   alt of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
2. (humorous) The four main proponents of new atheism: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens.
   • When most people think of the authors who launched the atheist renaissance in the 21st century, they think of the “The Four Horsemen”—Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens—and their earthshaking bestsellers. 2013, Dale McGowan, Atheism For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:
   • Today's culture is certainly more sympathetic to faith than the noughties, when millennials like me grew up ensnared by the “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism and their era-defining bestsellers: […]. 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

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