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. another word for irreligious

2. secular

Other Word Forms

• unreligiously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unreligious¹

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

Example Sentences

I’m unreligious and find them to be hypocrites.

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I am not “unreligious,” but I have always felt that population control should be the goal of every country.

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The family was committedly unreligious.

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I was reared in an unreligious household, so most friends are surprised to find a Bible on my shelf.

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Being completely unreligious—and presumably not worrying much about any kind of afterlife—didn’t seem to stop them from enjoying this life.

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