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as in atheistic
lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices
grew up in a nonreligious family
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as in secular
not involving religion or religious matters
a display of nonreligious holiday decorations on municipally owned property
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Recent Examples of nonreligious
In Forrest County, Mississippi, a lawsuit allowed inmates to receive nonreligious books.
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State are representing the plaintiffs, a group of both religious and nonreligious families who want to stop the law.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
The laws have been challenged by families representing a variety of religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and clergy, in addition to nonreligious families.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
The laws have been challenged by families representing a variety of religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism, and clergy, in addition to nonreligious families.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State are representing the plaintiffs, a group of both religious and nonreligious families who want to stop the law.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
The laws have been challenged by families representing a variety of religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and clergy, in addition to nonreligious families.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
The laws have been challenged by families representing a variety of religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism, and clergy, in addition to nonreligious families.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonreligious
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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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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Trump is a political leader of a secular nation and has to make decisions within that context.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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This story is told by an unnamed narrator, an irreligious woman who has joined the nuns as a lay resident after her faith in environmental advocacy crumbled.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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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
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Right now, her options are to try a different medication, have a temporal lobectomy, or get a neuromodulation device.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Zhe said the study is the first to reveal the trends in artificial light use with a level of temporal detail that distinguishes individual events and regional trends.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Happy Easter to all who celebrate and happy Hacks return for the heathens among us worshipping at Deborah Vance’s godless altar — the shrine piling up outside her mansion full of flowers and plush Diet Cokes.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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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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For example, the tradition of Easter eggs stems from pre-Christian pagan traditions, per the outlet.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some 30,000 faithful gathered outside the pagan monument, following the stations as they were recited over loudspeakers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Nonreligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonreligious. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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