irreligion

[ ir-i-lij-uhn ]

noun

1. lack of religion.
2. hostility or indifference to religion; impiety.

irreligion

/ ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒən /

noun

1. lack of religious faith
2. indifference or opposition to religion

Derived Forms

• ˌirreˈligionist, noun

Other Words From

• irre·ligion·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of irreligion¹

First recorded in 1585–95, irreligion is from the Latin word irreligiōn- (stem of irreligiō ). See ir- ², religion

Example Sentences

Perhaps also greater liberty of thought and speech caused irreligion to take a more avowed and visible form.

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Yet let no one think that irreligion is advocated in this book.

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His flippancy and irreligion as he grew old alarmed the Comtesse de Gramont, who was very devout, for the safety of his soul.

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That writer was not far wrong who asserted that irreligion is but one form of the insanity which is born of immoral living.

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The collision in the drama is not at all between "bigoted churchmanship" and evangelicalism, but between irreligion and religion.

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Related Words

• nihilism