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Due to the stigma of the label of atheist, it is common for atheists to choose to call themselves skeptics, nonbelievers, [[Humanism|humanists]] and [[freethought|freethinkers]]<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/roy-speckhardt/atheist-humanist-labels_b_4723649.html Atheist, Humanist, Secular: Why Fight Over Labels?] by Roy Speckhardt. HuffPost Religion</ref> Individuals of Jewish descent often call themselves secular Jews or simply Jews rather than call themselves atheists.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> See also: [[Closet atheist]]

Due to the stigma of the label of atheist, it is common for atheists to choose to call themselves skeptics, nonbelievers, [[Humanism|humanists]] and [[freethought|freethinkers]]<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/roy-speckhardt/atheist-humanist-labels_b_4723649.html Atheist, Humanist, Secular: Why Fight Over Labels?] by Roy Speckhardt. HuffPost Religion</ref> Individuals of Jewish descent often call themselves secular Jews or simply Jews rather than call themselves atheists.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/> See also: [[Closet atheist]]

Atheists have attempted to change the public's perception of atheism and atheists, but their efforts have largely been unsuccessful (see: [[Atheists failed attempts to positively rebrand atheism]]).  

Atheists have attempted to change the public's perception of atheism and atheists, but their efforts have largely been unsuccessful (see: [[Attempts to positively rebrand atheism]]).  

== UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves ==

== UK study finds atheists widely distrusted - even among themselves ==