antireligious

Definition of antireligiousnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antireligious
Adjective
  • Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
  • Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His stories, particularly the later ones, center around the idea that the Universe is a godless cosmos that is entirely indifferent to humanity.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Predictably, the hubbub surrounding the photo was eventually framed as a war between uptight virgins and godless heathens, with a quieter contingent astounded only by the fact that this kind of marketing could still be so effective.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.
    Mariana Dimópulos, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Iran is a theocratic republic rooted ideologically in Shiite Islam while Venezuela is a socialist and secular regime.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Concern was higher among older and secular Israelis.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Spouses, in this gritty Philadelphia suburb, are mostly faithless, absent or dead.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That seems like a blasphemous question, but the Lakers were outscored all season a year ago with James on the floor.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Stowe is known mainly for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel profoundly informed by her Christian nationalist belief that the United States was failing in its mission to become a New Canaan, precisely because of the blasphemous practice of slavery.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Directed by the irreplaceable Anne Kauffman, Marjorie Prime (flawlessly performed by June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell) suggests that few of us could resist the unholy temptation, and that all of our technological know-how won’t save us from our longings.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Mary Shelley's 1818 novel fuses Gothic horror with unholy scientific experiments, and in del Toro's hands, the graphic details of Oscar Isaac's mad creation are on full display.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Musk has marketed Grok as more fun and irreverent than other chatbots, taking pride in X being a place for free speech.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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