nonreligious
adjective
non·re·li·gious
ˌnän-ri-ˈli-jəs 
: not religious: such as
a
: not having a religious character : secular
a nonreligious organization
b
: having no religion : irreligious
my nonreligious friends
Superficially these images might seem, even to the nonreligious spectator, "scandalous."—
Richard Wollheim
Richard Wollheim
Examples of nonreligious in a Sentence
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Guerra said the church has planted seeds in nonreligious programs, like Cuba Emprende, that support entrepreneurship and run soup kitchens.
—Orlando Matos, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
More than 150 years later, its rows of Victorian homes include a mix of religious and nonreligious residents of about 3,000 people.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
His government, for example, has created nonreligious holidays, such as Founding Day, that are now widely celebrated and promoted.
—Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
And for decades, Unitarian Universalist congregations, which grew out of Christian movements, have drawn on teachings from both religious and nonreligious traditions, without imposing specific creeds of their own.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
Take, as a nonreligious example, the rise of Instagram and YouTube influencers learning how to cook and sew for themselves, getting farms, and living the lives that many in the past 40 years would have termed oppressive.
—WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
Israel readies ‘kosher electricity’ for ultra-Orthodox households Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slammed the rabbi for demeaning his nonreligious countrymen.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
Luther challenged the prevailing notion that nonreligious or nonpolitical work was drudgery and a punishment from the gods – a view that came from Greco-Roman times.
—Garrett Potts, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
Orlando Matos, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
More than 150 years later, its rows of Victorian homes include a mix of religious and nonreligious residents of about 3,000 people.
—Sarah Pulliam Bailey, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
His government, for example, has created nonreligious holidays, such as Founding Day, that are now widely celebrated and promoted.
—Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
And for decades, Unitarian Universalist congregations, which grew out of Christian movements, have drawn on teachings from both religious and nonreligious traditions, without imposing specific creeds of their own.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
Take, as a nonreligious example, the rise of Instagram and YouTube influencers learning how to cook and sew for themselves, getting farms, and living the lives that many in the past 40 years would have termed oppressive.
—WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
Israel readies ‘kosher electricity’ for ultra-Orthodox households Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slammed the rabbi for demeaning his nonreligious countrymen.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
Luther challenged the prevailing notion that nonreligious or nonpolitical work was drudgery and a punishment from the gods – a view that came from Greco-Roman times.
—Garrett Potts, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
—Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Nonreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonreligious. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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