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pertaining to or characteristic of or ; containing, suggesting, or disseminating :
atheistic literature; atheistic people.
historical examples

what, then, became of the atheistical philosophy and agnostic materialism of the buddhistic creed?
the contemporary review, volume 36, december 1879 various

nevertheless, he is not atheistical, nor even wholly fatalistic.
a poor man’s house stephen sydney reynolds

these atheistical fathers have a bigotry of their own; and they have learnt to talk against monks with the spirit of a monk.
the works of the right honourable edmund burke, vol. iii. (of 12) edmund burke

is it not, in fact, the last resource of all atheistical societies?
a daughter of eve honore de balzac

he was in love, but the idol of his affections belonged to an atheistical family.
tales of the wonder club, volume ii alexander huth

great indeed must have been their errors, to have been discovered by the atheistical hollanders!
a general history and collection of voyages and travels, volume vi robert kerr

nothing is rarer than atheistical princes, and nothing more common than very bad and very religious tyrants.
superst-tion in all ages (1732) jean meslier

men are atheistical because they are first vicious, and question the truth of christianity because they hate the practice.
traditions of lancashire, volume 1 (of 2) john roby

and now that the ministers had spoken, it was almost irreligious and atheistical for others to express any doubt.
dulcibel henry peterson

the jangams are sober, devout and humble; the tantricas are debauched, atheistical and proud.
phallic miscellanies hargrave jennings

adj.

1630s, from atheist + -ic. atheistical attested from c.1600.