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nonreligious

British  
/ ˌnɒnrɪˈlɪdʒəs /

adjective

  1. not of or relating to religious beliefs and practices

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But for nonreligious counties, there was no statistically significant gap for tips during Sunday or Monday lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Lamarck’s science was indeed revolutionary for its time, emphasizing nonreligious materialism and imagining a version of evolutionary change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” he wrote.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

I’m among the many Americans today who are nonreligious.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

It is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the only popular nonreligious song of the early thirteenth century still known today: ‘Sumer is icumen in’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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