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Recent Examples of irreligious 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 The brothers profess surprise at the presence of a Protestant minister, their father having dabbled in Buddhism, briefly converted to Judaism, and otherwise been thoroughly irreligious. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for irreligious
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Adjective
  • 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
  • On the fateful day that inbound Soviet bombers filled the skies above America with godless communism, the horizontal Bomarc missiles would literally become erect, and fire vertically.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Associated Press What To Know The plaintiffs include Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious families who have children in public schools.
    Jenna Sundel Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The first is whether communal prayer over a loudspeaker before a state athletic association game is indeed government speech – especially because officials permitted a wide array of nonreligious private speech over the loudspeaker.
    Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • These wooden churches were once common across the country, built when Christianity was still new and pagan traditions lingered.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Previous defense motions have also claimed that German and Williams' murders were actually a ritual sacrifice committed by Odinists, members of a pagan religion linked with White nationalism, per CNN.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Irreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreligious. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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