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IRRELIGIOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hostile or indifferent to religion

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Adjectives

Similar:

atheistic; atheistical; unbelieving (rejecting any belief in gods)

ethnic; heathen; heathenish; pagan (not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam)

lapsed; nonchurchgoing (no longer active or practicing)

nonobservant (failing or refusing to observe religious customs)

Also:

impious (lacking piety or reverence for a god)

Antonym:

religious (having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity)

Derivation:

irreligiousness (the quality of not being devout)

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