irreligious

[ ir-i-lij-uhs ]

/ ˌɪr ɪˈlɪdʒ əs /

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adjective

not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.

showing or characterized by a lack of religion.

showing indifference or hostility to religion: irreligious statements.

OTHER WORDS FOR irreligious

3 profane, sacrilegious, ungodly.

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Origin of irreligious

From the Latin word irreligiōsus, dating back to 1555–65. See ir-², religious

OTHER WORDS FROM irreligious

ir·re·li·gious·ly, adverbir·re·li·gious·ness, ir·re·lig·i·os·i·ty

[ir-i-lij-ee-os-i-tee], /ˌɪr ɪˌlɪdʒ iˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH irreligious

irreligious , sacrilegious, unreligious

Words nearby irreligious

irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevant, irrelievable, irreligion, irreligious, irremeable, irremediable, irremissible, irremovable, irreparable

How to use irreligious in a sentence

For irreligious people, this is a potential outrage of the first order.
Gay Marriage Vs. the First Amendment|James Poulos|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is irreligious in the conventional sense, but his world teems with beliefs.
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life|Chimamanda Adichie|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Feminism” is now unfairly associated with a certain kind of privileged, coastal, irreligious white woman.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Akkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.
The Repentant Radical|Michael Moynihan|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The party of Obama is increasingly unmarried and irreligious, a shift that could help the GOP build a new majority.
Why Demographic Shifts on Religion and Marriage Could Doom the Democratic Party|Michael Medved|November 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Although not an irreligious man, he had views on religion that were far from orthodox.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major
I am unjust—I smart under his bitter irreligious jests, and conclude at once that he must be the most infamous of men.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
Whatever may be the motives which cause men to be irreligious, the thing in question is whether they have found truth.
Superstition In All Ages (1732)|Jean Meslier
Scepticism and religious questioning are, then, no sins; they are not irreligious.
The Arena|Various
Over-rigid in morals, he was indulgent to others; irreligious, he respected religion.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for irreligious

irreligious

/ (ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs) /

adjective

lacking in, indifferent to, or opposed to religious faith

Derived forms of irreligious

irreligiously, adverbirreligiousness, noun

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