irreligious
not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
showing or characterized by a lack of religion.
showing indifference or hostility to religion: irreligious statements.
Origin of irreligious
1Other words for irreligious
Other words from irreligious
- ir·re·li·gious·ly, adverb
- ir·re·li·gious·ness, ir·re·lig·i·os·i·ty [ir-i-lij-ee-os-i-tee], /ˌɪr ɪˌlɪdʒ iˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun
Words that may be confused with irreligious
- irreligious , sacrilegious, unreligious
Words Nearby irreligious
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How to use irreligious in a sentence
For irreligious people, this is a potential outrage of the first order.
He is irreligious in the conventional sense, but his world teems with beliefs.
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life | Chimamanda Adichie | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Feminism” is now unfairly associated with a certain kind of privileged, coastal, irreligious white woman.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning | Jay Michaelson | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAkkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.
The party of Obama is increasingly unmarried and irreligious, a shift that could help the GOP build a new majority.
Why Demographic Shifts on Religion and Marriage Could Doom the Democratic Party | Michael Medved | November 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Although not an irreligious man, he had views on religion that were far from orthodox.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties | Charles MajorI am unjust—I smart under his bitter irreligious jests, and conclude at once that he must be the most infamous of men.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoWhatever may be the motives which cause men to be irreligious, the thing in question is whether they have found truth.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierScepticism and religious questioning are, then, no sins; they are not irreligious.
The Arena | VariousOver-rigid in morals, he was indulgent to others; irreligious, he respected religion.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
British Dictionary definitions for irreligious
/ (ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs) /
lacking in, indifferent to, or opposed to religious faith
Derived forms of irreligious
- irreligiously, adverb
- irreligiousness, noun
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