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irreligion

Roget category 989

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.3. Religious sentiments

#989. Irreligion

noun

irreligion, indevotiongodlessness, ungodliness etc. adj. — laxity, quietism.
skepticism, doubtunbelief, disbeliefincredulity, incredulousness etc. adj. want of faith, want of beliefpyrrhonismbout etc. 485agnosticism.
atheismdeismhylotheismmaterialismpositivismnihilism.
infidelity, freethinking, antichristianity, rationalism neology.
[person who is not religious] atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonistgiaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazareneespri fort [Fr.], freethinker, latitudinarian, rationalistmaterialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist.

verb

be irreligious etc. adj. — disbelieve, lack faithdoubt, question etc. 485.
dechristianize.

adjective

irreligiousindevoutundevoutdevoutless, godless, gracelessungodly, unholy, unsanctified, unhallowedatheistic, without God.
skeptical, freethinkingunbelieving, unconvertedincredulous, faithless, lacking faithdeisticalunchristian, antichristian.
worldly, mundane, earthly, carnalworldly minded &c..

adverb

irreligiously etc. adj..

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