as in atheistical
lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices
treated the God-fearing and the godless with equal respect and compassion
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Recent Examples of godless
Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.
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Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for godless
Adjective
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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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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
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Godless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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