irreligious

[ ir-i-lij-uhs ]

adjective

1. not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
2. showing or characterized by a lack of religion.
3. showing indifference or hostility to religion:

   irreligious statements.

   Synonyms: ungodly, sacrilegious, profane

Other Words From

• irre·ligious·ly adverb
• irre·ligious·ness ir·re·lig·i·os·i·ty [ir-i-lij-ee-, os, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of irreligious¹

From the Latin word irreligiōsus, dating back to 1555–65. See ir- ², religious

Example Sentences

But those themes do not satisfy certain paradoxical values that also make up the conservative mindset: a rather irreligious appetite for worldly possessions, and the desire for a pseudo-empirical justification for greed.

From Salon

They are not going to hold him to account for his heresies or irreligious pronouncements, because they don’t truly believe he is religious anyway, and they don’t care.

From Salon

Trump, being so obviously irreligious, may initially seem like an odd choice to turn the U.S. into a Christian version of a country like Iran, where laws are based on far-right interpretations of religious texts.

From Salon

I mean, I am not irreligious, I grew up being religious, but I certainly have kind of gone, well my son, my eight-year-old son who loves Marvel movies and loves all those things, said "Dad, dad, what was there before The Big Bang?"

From Salon

“Your achievements are reduced to nothing if you are irreligious,” said Abosuahi Nimatu, who dropped out of university in Katsina state in 2020 to escape violence after her peers learned she was no longer a Muslim.

From Seattle Times