antireligious

Definition of antireligiousnext

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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • But even Patton’s weather prayer looks timid next to Hegseth’s impious rage.
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • After the October 2018 peak, the SPX saw a sharp correction before resuming its secular uptrend.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
  • For reasons having more to do with modern secular culture and commerce than religious significance, Christmas is more elaborately celebrated.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Spouses, in this gritty Philadelphia suburb, are mostly faithless, absent or dead.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • During the Middle Ages, for example, many contemporary accounts from both Christian and Muslim societies depicted their opposing side as barbaric, blasphemous, and inferior.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Ja Morant Let’s get blasphemous.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • At a time when antisemitism is rising at staggering levels across the United States — surfacing on college campuses, in public discourse, and across the political spectrum — many Jews are being asked to accept an impossible and unholy choice.
    Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The song evokes the chaos, tragedy, and soul of the Stewart clan like nothing else, the performance an unholy hybrid of rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and even psychedelia.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The irreverent, self-referential writing of Mario’s first RPG would become a staple of subsequent series.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The film, which debuted on Netflix April 1, deploys a deliberately eccentric tone, mixing slapstick, satire and spy-thriller tropes with Das’ irreverent comedic sensibility.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Antireligious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antireligious. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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