antireligious

Definition of antireligiousnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antireligious
Adjective
  • This story is told by an unnamed narrator, an irreligious woman who has joined the nuns as a lay resident after her faith in environmental advocacy crumbled.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • Happy Easter to all who celebrate and happy Hacks return for the heathens among us worshipping at Deborah Vance’s godless altar — the shrine piling up outside her mansion full of flowers and plush Diet Cokes.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • But even Patton’s weather prayer looks timid next to Hegseth’s impious rage.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • And naturally, Anthony Bourdain made his own pilgrimage, offering his approval like a secular blessing.
    Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The other is completely secular—thoroughly of this age, thoroughly of this world.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • When this inquiry was relayed to the Trump Administration, one Administration official told me last month, it was interpreted as a signal that Anthropic, which was then renegotiating its own contract with the federal government, was perhaps a faithless partner.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • As soon as Talarico’s primary victory over Jasmine Crockett was certain, conservatives called on those remarks and others to swiftly and uniformly deride his Christianity as blasphemous and insincere.
    Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The image sparked backlash, including from many American Catholics, who called it blasphemous.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Whichever ways the judicial winds blow, Madigan’s unholy alliance with ComEd is a scandal that takes its place among the worst in the lengthy and disgraceful pantheon of political corruption in Illinois.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • At a time when antisemitism is rising at staggering levels across the United States — surfacing on college campuses, in public discourse, and across the political spectrum — many Jews are being asked to accept an impossible and unholy choice.
    Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • 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, 24 Apr. 2026
  • When The Rocky Horror Show began on stage in London in 1973, it was celebrated for its outrageous, irreverent spirit.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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