antireligious

Definition of antireligiousnext

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Adjective
  • And even the irreligious Bill de Blasio would join parishioners at the cathedral.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • 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
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
  • But in refusing to allow it in Monaco, Albert joined other European Catholic royals who have taken a similar stand over the years to uphold Catholic doctrine on an increasingly secular continent.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But in refusing to allow it in Monaco, Albert joined other European Catholic royals who have taken a similar stand over the years to uphold Catholic doctrine on an increasingly secular continent.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 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
  • During the Middle Ages, for example, many contemporary accounts from both Christian and Muslim societies depicted their opposing side as barbaric, blasphemous, and inferior.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Ja Morant Let’s get blasphemous.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The song evokes the chaos, tragedy, and soul of the Stewart clan like nothing else, the performance an unholy hybrid of rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and even psychedelia.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As a result, politicians are indebted to a few hundred billionaires who drop unholy amounts of cash every election cycle.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Brash, confident, possibly irreverent, and out there, looking to make life hell for everyone who played San Francisco.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The original Broadway production earned three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and has delighted global audiences with its irreverent humor, according to a news release.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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