as in atheistic
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
irreverent behavior during church services
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Recent Examples of irreverent
The Italian brand is known for its ironic approach to the fashion industry that is rich in pop references, expressed via irreverent campaigns and a profusion of collaborations.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Like so many jaunty and irreverent slang words, this one has a maritime background.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 May 2026
For the 2024 campaign, Oldenburg festival staffers restaged iconic celebrity mug shots in a campaign that managed to be simultaneously irreverent, politically resonant and deeply film-nerdy.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
But there doesn’t seem to be a limit to younger film and TV connoisseurs’ thirst for his irreverent and unapologetically gay comedic stylings.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Like so many jaunty and irreverent slang words, this one has a maritime background.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 May 2026
For the 2024 campaign, Oldenburg festival staffers restaged iconic celebrity mug shots in a campaign that managed to be simultaneously irreverent, politically resonant and deeply film-nerdy.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
But there doesn’t seem to be a limit to younger film and TV connoisseurs’ thirst for his irreverent and unapologetically gay comedic stylings.
—Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreverent
Adjective
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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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But there has been a recent rise in secular congregations that explicitly mimic religious organizations and rituals to celebrate atheistic worldviews.—
Jacqui Frost,
The Conversation,
11 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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The Vatican is attempting to insert moral theology into a largely secular technological arms race.—
Mitch Picasso,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Since the party rose to power in 2014, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, critics have accused it of stifling civil liberties and the press, pursuing a Hindu-first agenda, and inflaming religious divisions within India’s secular democracy.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Borderline blasphemous, for an undrafted rookie.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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And all this on top of his blasphemous depiction of himself as Jesus Christ.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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Burstyn concerned a short film directed by Roberto Rossellini called The Miracle (1948) that had been banned in New York as sacrilegious.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many other traditionalists have made a version of Scruton’s critique, insisting that contemporary art reflects self-indulgent, relativistic, and impious tendencies.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
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Directed by Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen, Jim Queen is a crass, profane, giddily stupid romp through a heap of stereotypes about gay life in Paris.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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This is all, of course, a provocation, a way of merging the sacred and profane, and asking which is which.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Glenn Turner, the former owner of a pagan and metaphysical shop, is running as a member of the Green Party.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana – a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue, and the occasional pagan ritual.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Irreverent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreverent. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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