antireligious

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for antireligious
Adjective
  • 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
  • Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
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
  • 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
  • This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.
    Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
Adjective
  • In India, the demands of blood and soil are now pitted against the exalted idea of a more secular country.
    Aatish Taseer, Time, 15 July 2025
  • As Costa tells it, even the turmoil of the ensuing years, which included a brutal military dictatorship and multiple impeachments, were still at heart secular: Humans, however flawed and at times incredibly cruel, remained at the root of these decisions.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • In 2016, a record number of faithless votes were cast.
    Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are both quite good as part of a team that’s tasked with stealing a secret document, setting the stage for a drama involving gangsters, faithless lovers, and white-collar crooks.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • There’s a quiet and, some might argue, blasphemous revolution happening.
    Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.
    Elizabeth David-Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Given China’s unholy alliance with Russia, Iran, and North Korea — and America’s friendship ...
    Arthur Herman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is where Dan Da Dan does not care about offending anyone, as its approach to these matters is entirely irreverent and very funny.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • For those who like their Superman classically drawn, Gunn’s film will probably seem too irreverent and messy.
    Jake Coyle, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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