irreligious

[ ir-i-lij-uhs ]

adjective

1. not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
2. showing or characterized by a lack of religion.
3. showing indifference or hostility to religion:

   irreligious statements.

   Synonyms: ungodly, sacrilegious, profane

Other Words From

• irre·ligious·ly adverb
• irre·ligious·ness ir·re·lig·i·os·i·ty [ir-i-lij-ee-, os, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of irreligious¹

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

Example Sentences

For irreligious people, this is a potential outrage of the first order.

From The Daily Beast

He is irreligious in the conventional sense, but his world teems with beliefs.

From The Daily Beast

“Feminism” is now unfairly associated with a certain kind of privileged, coastal, irreligious white woman.

From The Daily Beast

Akkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.

From The Daily Beast

The party of Obama is increasingly unmarried and irreligious, a shift that could help the GOP build a new majority.

From The Daily Beast

Although not an irreligious man, he had views on religion that were far from orthodox.

From Project Gutenberg

I am unjust—I smart under his bitter irreligious jests, and conclude at once that he must be the most infamous of men.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever may be the motives which cause men to be irreligious, the thing in question is whether they have found truth.

From Project Gutenberg

Scepticism and religious questioning are, then, no sins; they are not irreligious.

From Project Gutenberg

Over-rigid in morals, he was indulgent to others; irreligious, he respected religion.

From Project Gutenberg