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Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The protesters included secular left-wingers and nationalists as well as Islamists, but Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fundamentalist cleric at that time exiled in France, emerged as the movement's undisputed figurehead.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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The five-star analyst considers growing adoption of agentic AI as the next potential secular catalyst for Palo Alto.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
27 Dec. 2025
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Spouses, in this gritty Philadelphia suburb, are mostly faithless, absent or dead.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ja Morant Let’s get blasphemous.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Satanic Verses stirred controversy after some considered its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammed blasphemous.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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Those board members, many of whom will face voters this coming November, can see that the unholy alliance of the city’s most powerful public-sector union with the mayor’s office leads only to unaffordable tax bills, with precious little in return for their constituents’ families.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Much like Catastrophe, Derry Girls combines irreverent farce with weightier issues that sometimes take you by surprise but never betray the series’ light-hearted metier.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Mar. 2026
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She can currently be seen in the irreverent comedy, Idiotka.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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