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[ ir-i-lij-uhs ] / ˌɪr ɪˈlɪdʒ əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR irreligious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot 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. Origin of irreligiousFrom the Latin word irreligiōsus, dating back to 1555–65. See ir-2, religious SYNONYMS FOR irreligious3 profane, sacrilegious, ungodly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR irreligious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM irreligiousir·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/, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH irreligiousirreligious , sacrilegious, unreligiousWords nearby irreligiousirrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevant, irrelievable, irreligion, irreligious, irremeable, irremediable, irremissible, irremovable, irreparable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for irreligiousFor 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 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
In this regard, the Democratic Party faces an obvious challenge with its majorities of the unmarried and the irreligious. Why Demographic Shifts on Religion and Marriage Could Doom the Democratic Party|Michael Medved|November 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Some years ago a very thoughtless and irreligious family near my home lived on the bank of a certain stream. Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary|John Kline The Vestiges, like its more famous successor, was violently attacked as irreligious. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)|George Saintsbury Tragedies, plays, and all irreligious expressions and sentiments are sacredly prohibited. The History of Dartmouth College|Baxter Perry Smith He was a wealthy and benevolent man, but his works were irreligious. The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell It had been so much the fashion to consider him as irreligious, that one would say that even his friends were of the same opinion. My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
British Dictionary definitions for irreligious
adjectivelacking in, indifferent to, or opposed to religious faith Derived forms of irreligiousirreligiously, adverbirreligiousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to irreligiousagnostic, atheistic, blasphemous, faithless, godless, heathen, iconoclastic, impious, irreverent, pagan, sacrilegious, sinful, unbelieving, unholy, undevout |