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IRRELIGIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hostile or indifferent to religion
Classified under:
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lapsed; nonchurchgoing (no longer active or practicing)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)