impiety
Roget category 988
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.3. Religious sentiments
#988.
Impiety
noun
impiety —
sin
etc.
945 —
irreverence —
profaneness
etc.
adj. —
profanity,
profanation —
blasphemy,
desecration,
sacrilege —
scoffing
etc.
v..
[feigned piety]
hypocrisy
etc.
(falsehood)
544 —
pietism,
cant,
pious fraud —
lip devotion,
lip service,
lip reverence —
misdevotion†,
formalism,
austerity —
sanctimony,
sanctimoniousness
etc.
adj. —
pharisaism,
precisianism† —
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism† —
odium theologicum [Lat.],
sacerdotalism† —
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606,
(prejudice)
481 —
blue laws.
hardening,
backsliding,
declension,
perversion,
reprobation.
sinner
etc.
949 —
scoffer,
blasphemer —
sacrilegist† —
sabbath breaker —
worldling —
hypocrite
etc.
(dissembler)
548 —
Tartufe†,
Mawworm†.
bigot —
saint [Iron.] —
Pharisee —
sabbatarian†,
formalist,
methodist,
puritan,
pietist†,
precisian†,
religionist,
devotee —
ranter,
fanatic,
juramentado†.
the wicked,
the evil,
the unjust,
the reprobate —
sons of men,
sons of Belial,
the wicked one —
children of darkness.
verb
be impious
etc.
adj.,
profane,
desecrate,
blaspheme,
revile,
scoff —
swear
etc.
(malediction)
908 —
commit sacrilege.
snuffle —
turn up the whites of the eyes —
idolize.
adjective
impious —
irreligious
etc.
989 —
desecrating
etc.
v. —
profane,
irreverent,
sacrilegious,
blasphemous.
un-hallowed,
un-sanctified,
un-regenerate —
hardened,
perverted,
reprobate.
hypocritical
etc.
(false)
544 —
canting,
pietistical†,
sanctimonious,
unctuous,
pharisaical,
overrighteous†,
righteous over much.
bigoted,
fanatical —
priest-ridden.
adverb
under the mask of religion,
under the cloak of religion,
under the pretense of religion,
under the form of religion,
under the guise of religion.
phrase
giovane santo diavolo vecchio [It].
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