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单词 irreverence
释义
irreverence
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Look into the word irreverence and you'll see the verb revere, which means to admire, worship, or look up to. Irreverence, then, is the opposite: viewing something as not worthy of admiration.
The thing about irreverence is that you display it towards things that normally would call for reverence, such as a leader, a teacher, or a superstar. It's useless to show irreverence towards, say, a stray dog or a friend who's failed their driver's test the second time. Reserve irreverence for situations in which the object of your irreverence would normally inspire reverence. Addressing the president as "Dude" is the height of irreverence.
WORD FAMILY
irreverence: irreverences+/irreverent: irreverence, irreverently/revere: revered, reverent, reveres, revering/reverence: reverenced, reverences, reverencing, reverential/reverent: irreverent, reverence, reverenter, reverently/reverential: reverentially
USAGE EXAMPLES
There’s an irreverence to it that there’s an absolute dearth of on, say, Instagram.
The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016)
But the main point of the originals isn’t what they teach but rather the world that they create, and their sense of irreverence and fun.
The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016)
Audiences were shocked by the play’s irreverence, nonsense language and profanity — the first word is an expletive — and more or less rioted in the theater.
Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016)
1n an irreverent mental attitude
Ant|Hypo|Hyper
reverence
a reverent mental attitude
profaneness
an attitude of irreverence or contempt for a divinity
attitude, mental attitude
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
2n a disrespectful act
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violation
blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilege
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness
morally objectionable behavior
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