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>>13279547
Atheism comes from the words a(meaning without) and theism(meaning belief in god). I.e. without belief in god. You can trace the etymology back further to atheos meaning without god. As has been shown in the post you have just responded to, not believing P is not the same as believing ~P.
>there is another position called agnosticism
Agnosticism is the position that you can have no knowledge about god. It implies atheism but atheism does not imply agnosticism, hence the distinction. Some people call themselves agnostic atheists but this is just a tautology.

>I have to assume this is just massive cope around definitions because you have some emotional connection to atheism.
Colloquially I would be fine with saying god does not exist with reasonable certainty. However when I am speaking philosophically and arguing formally I will always take the position of lacking belief, just as I would if I were having a formal debate with someone who believes in unicorns. This is because I recognise that the onus is not on me to prove the nonexistence of god or unicorns, but rather on the theist and unicorn believer to prove that god and unicorns exist.
>>13279553
Existence is binary. Belief in existence or nonexistence is not compulsory.