irreligion
Americannoun
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lack of religion.
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hostility or indifference to religion; impiety.
noun
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lack of religious faith
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indifference or opposition to religion
Other Word Forms
- irreligionist noun
Etymology
Origin of irreligion
First recorded in 1585–95, irreligion is from the Latin word irreligiōn- (stem of irreligiō ). See ir- 2, religion
Example Sentences
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I am going to point out that Sullivan is contrasting the validity of religion versus irreligion, based on the passion of the adherents to each set of beliefs.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2018
Even before the War of 1812, conservative ministers had pushed back against irreligion and immorality by fighting to preserve state funding for churches in Massachusetts and Connecticut, the last states to require it.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
The climax of a rising tide of irreligion came in 1909, when a crowd in Tehran witnessed the public execution of a reactionary ayatollah who had opposed the constitutional revolution.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2017
Eliot’s irreligion struck many of her contemporary readers as paradoxical.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2012
Religion had no occasion to rectify the results of learning when irreligion had ceased to pervert them, and the old weapons of controversy became repulsive as soon as they had ceased to be useful.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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