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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

aleprechaunist en · NOUN

Etymology

From a- + leprechaun + -ist, based on atheist.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, rare) A person who does not believe in leprechauns.
    • Am I an atheist? No. Nor am I an aleprechaunist—that label would be just as silly. 2015 January 6, Marshall Brain, How "God" Works: A Logical Inquiry on Faith, Sterling Ethos, →ISBN, page 263:
    • "Put it this way. You believe in leprechauns?" "Uh... no." She smirks. "I firmly renounce any and all belief in leprechauns." "And so, if I wanted to fully and richly characterize your world view, do you think ‘aleprechaunist’ would do it?" 2002 January 8, Dale McGowan, Calling Bernadette's Bluff: A Novel, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 200:
    • Nobody can actually say for certain that anything doesn't exist, but I'm an atheist in the same way as I am an aleprechaunist and an afairyist and an apinkunicornist. 2019 February 24, Dawkins on Religion, spoken by Richard Dawkins, via Al Jazeera:

Forms

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Coordinates

asantaist · atoothfairyist · aunicornist · afairyist · adragonist

Hypernyms

nonbeliever