unreligious

[ uhn-ri-lij-uhs ]

/ ˌʌn rɪˈlɪdʒ əs /

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adjective

having no connection with or relation to religion; neither religious nor irreligious; nonreligious: His thinking, while unreligious, did not oppose religion.

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Origin of unreligious

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-¹, religious

OTHER WORDS FROM unreligious

un·re·li·gious·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH unreligious

irreligious, sacrilegious, unreligious

Words nearby unreligious

unregulated, unrehearsed, unrelated, unrelenting, unreliable, unreligious, unremarkable, unremitted, unremittent, unremitting, unremittingly

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How to use unreligious in a sentence

Modern democracy is often looked upon as something peculiarly secular, unreligious, or even irreligious in its origin.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century|Charles Morris
He was essentially unreligious, unphilosophic, true to his own instincts, but indifferent to all matters that lay beyond them.
The Life of Bret Harte|Henry Childs Merwin
Nine officers of the escort stayed the communion to-day, which is a great many for so unreligious a country as India.
Up the Country|Emily Eden
They were serious people in an unreligious way, or rather an unecclesiastical way.
The Daughter of the Storage|William Dean Howells

It can't be called an attack unless you feel that the mere mention of an unreligious idea is an attack on religion.
The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn

British Dictionary definitions for unreligious

unreligious

/ (ˌʌnrɪˈlɪdʒəs) /

adjective

another word for irreligious

secular

Derived forms of unreligious

unreligiously, adverb

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