as in atheistic
lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices
raised in an irreligious family where the subject of God was never even discussed
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Recent Examples of irreligious
Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
Ephraim — ambitious, socialist and irreligious — takes his family to Riga, Latvia, to Palestine and finally to France.
—Lauren Elkin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
Conservative religiosity is of course not a requirement for autocracy – just look at the previous era of Russian autocracy, which was decidedly irreligious.
—Jill Filipovic, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
Rivals, especially conservatives, initially dismissed him as a crude-mouthed, irreligious philanderer with little to offer besides celebrity and questionable business bona fides.
—Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024
Ephraim — ambitious, socialist and irreligious — takes his family to Riga, Latvia, to Palestine and finally to France.
—Lauren Elkin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
Conservative religiosity is of course not a requirement for autocracy – just look at the previous era of Russian autocracy, which was decidedly irreligious.
—Jill Filipovic, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
Rivals, especially conservatives, initially dismissed him as a crude-mouthed, irreligious philanderer with little to offer besides celebrity and questionable business bona fides.
—Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreligious
Adjective
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His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.—
Jacqui Frost,
The Conversation,
11 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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What better way to distinguish God-fearing Americans from the godless communists of the Soviet Union than to put God on the money?—
David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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This is why calls to restore power to government institutions ring hollow, and why the Democratic Party’s faith in institutions can appear naive and godless.—
Scott Warren,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Glenn Turner, the former owner of a pagan and metaphysical shop, is running as a member of the Green Party.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana – a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue, and the occasional pagan ritual.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Florida statutes creating the charter school framework also require those schools to be nonreligious.—
Gray Rohrer,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Republicans vow to appeal Arkansas ruling Last year, seven Arkansas families of various religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and library.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Irreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreligious. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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