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Recent Examples of irreligious Gift-giving and receiving divorced from the commemoration of the incarnation of Jesus Christ are lamented by conservatives as evidence of an increasing irreligious population. Miles Smith Iv, National Review, 24 Dec. 2022 Rivals, especially conservatives, initially dismissed him as a crude-mouthed, irreligious philanderer with little to offer besides celebrity and questionable business bona fides. Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022 The brothers profess surprise at the presence of a Protestant minister, their father having dabbled in Buddhism, briefly converted to Judaism, and otherwise been thoroughly irreligious. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022 Then again, Nietzsche (with his famously irreligious views) might seem as curious a presence in a monastic library as a cartoon tiger. oregonlive, 14 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for irreligious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreligious
Adjective
  • Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On a range of other views of government, political parties, and ideology in general, what’s happening with nonreligious young people is also happening among believers.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • From a nonreligious perspective, the sense of reverent occasion is palpable, rippling out from Rome.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025

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“Irreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreligious. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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