unreligious

[ uhn-ri-lij-uhs ]

adjective

1. irreligious.
2. having no connection with or relation to religion; neither religious nor irreligious; nonreligious:

   His thinking, while unreligious, did not oppose religion.

unreligious

/ ˌʌnrɪˈlɪdʒəs /

adjective

1. See irreligious
   another word for irreligious
2. secular

Derived Forms

• ˌunreˈligiously, adverb

Other Words From

• unre·ligious·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unreligious¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ¹, religious

Example Sentences

Modern democracy is often looked upon as something peculiarly secular, unreligious, or even irreligious in its origin.

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He was essentially unreligious, unphilosophic, true to his own instincts, but indifferent to all matters that lay beyond them.

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Nine officers of the escort stayed the communion to-day, which is a great many for so unreligious a country as India.

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They were serious people in an unreligious way, or rather an unecclesiastical way.

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It can't be called an attack unless you feel that the mere mention of an unreligious idea is an attack on religion.

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