irreligion
[ ir-i-lij-uh n ]
/ ˌɪr ɪˈlɪdʒ ən /
noun
lack of religion.
hostility or indifference to religion; impiety.
RELATED WORDS
nihilism, infidelity, disbelief, unbelief, impiety, doubt, heresy, skepticism, irreverence, paganism, freethinking, iconoclasm
Nearby words
- irrelatively,
- irrelevance,
- irrelevancy,
- irrelevant,
- irrelievable,
- irreligious,
- irremeable,
- irremediable,
- irremediably,
- irremissible
Origin of irreligion
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irreligion
/ (ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən) /
noun
lack of religious faith
indifference or opposition to religion
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irreligion
1590s, from Late Latin irreligionem (nominative irreligio) "irreligion, impiety," from assimiliated form of in- "not" (see in- (1)) + religio (see religion).
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