irreligious

Adjective

Meaning

Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impious.

Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious speech.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gentile godless infidel freethinker unchristian bad ethnic evil fallen secular pagan corrupt agnostic dubious atheist
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Antonyms

religious holy god-fearing church seraph good
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Related terms

religious irreligiously irreligiosity

Phrases with the word

irreligious person irreligious backgrounds

Examples

The irreligious are more religious than they themselves know, and the religious are less so than they think. Franz Grillparzer

An evil and foolish and intemperate and irreligious life should not be called a bad life, but rather, dying long drawn out. Democritus

Thus I came-despite the fact that I was the son of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents-to a deep religiosity, which, however, found an abrupt ending at the age of 12. Albert Einstein

I raised as irreligious as a jackrabbit. Ursula K. Le Guin

The foundation of irreligious criticism is: Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Karl Marx

That was why all art, which strove to make the sensations of a moment soul-satisfying, was dimly felt to be irreligious. For art performed what religion only promised. James Branch Cabell

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