irreligion
lack of religion.
hostility or indifference to religion; impiety.
Origin of irreligion
1Other words from irreligion
- ir·re·li·gion·ist, noun
Words Nearby irreligion
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How to use irreligion in a sentence
Perhaps also greater liberty of thought and speech caused irreligion to take a more avowed and visible form.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonYet let no one think that irreligion is advocated in this book.
Lavengro | George BorrowHis flippancy and irreligion as he grew old alarmed the Comtesse de Gramont, who was very devout, for the safety of his soul.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. TrowbridgeThat writer was not far wrong who asserted that irreligion is but one form of the insanity which is born of immoral living.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamThe collision in the drama is not at all between "bigoted churchmanship" and evangelicalism, but between irreligion and religion.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for irreligion
/ (ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən) /
lack of religious faith
indifference or opposition to religion
Derived forms of irreligion
- irreligionist, noun
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