n.
Hostility or indifference to religion.
irreligion
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
The principal one of the great faiths of the world.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the quality of not being devout
Synonym: irreligiousness
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Irreligion is an absence of, indifference towards, and/or hostility towards religion.[1] Depending on the context, it may be understood as referring to atheism, deism, nontheism, agnosticism, ignosticism, antireligion, skepticism, freethought, or secular humanism. Irreligious people may have convictions equal in depth to those of religious adherents. For instance, followers of the life stance of Humanism may regard themselves as just as deeply believing in their life stance as corresponding to any religious belief.
Although people classified as irreligious might not follow any religion, not all are necessarily without belief in the supernatural or in deities; such a person may be a non-religious/non-practicing theist or even a agnostic theist. In particular, those who associate organized religion with negative qualities, but still hold spiritual beliefs, might describe themselves as irreligious or agnostic theist.
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- ^ Irreligion. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. (accessed: December 14, 2008).
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| Translations: Irreligion |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - religionsløshed, irreligiøsitet
Nederlands (Dutch)
ongodsdienstigheid
Français (French)
n. - irréligion
Deutsch (German)
n. - Irreligiosität
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) αθρησκεία, αφιλοθεϊα, αρνησιθρησκία
Italiano (Italian)
irreligione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - falta (f) de religião, impiedade (f)
Русский (Russian)
атеизм, неверие
Español (Spanish)
n. - irreligión
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - irreligiositet, gudlöshet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无宗教, 反宗教
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 無宗教, 反宗教
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) زندقه, لا دين
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - התנגדות לדת ולעקרונותיה, אנטי-דתיות
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