Meaning of four horsemen | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
2. The four main proponents of new atheism: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens.
   humorous

Examples

“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.”

“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: […].”

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