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irreligion

  (ĭr'ĭ-lĭj'ən) pronunciation
n.

Hostility or indifference to religion.


 
 
Devil's Dictionary: irreligion
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

The principal one of the great faiths of the world.


 
WordNet: irreligion
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the quality of not being devout
  Synonym: irreligiousness


 
Wikipedia: irreligion
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Irreligion, irreligiousness, or nonreligion is an umbrella term which, depending on context, may be understood as referring to atheism, agnosticism, deism, skepticism, freethought, secular humanism or general secularism.

Irreligion has at least three related yet distinct meanings:

  • absence of religion (either due to not having information about religion or to not believing in it)
  • hostility to religion
  • behaving in such a way that fails to live up to one's religious tenets

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 or non-practicing theist. In particular, those who associate organized religion with negative qualities, but still hold spiritual beliefs, might describe themselves as irreligious.

Statistics by country

Irreligion around the world
Country Percentage stating they have no religion Source
Sweden 46%-85% Zuckerman, Phil. "Atheism: Contemporary Rates and Patterns", chapter in The Cambridge Companion to Atheism, ed. by Michael Martin, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK (2005). - [1]
China 59-71% Various publications - [2]
Albania 60% US Department of State - International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - [3]

L'Albanie en 2005 - [4]

Various publications - [5]
Czech Republic 59% (plus additional 8% did not fill in anything) Czech Statistical Office (2001 census)

[6]

Japan 51.8% Dentsu Communication Institute Inc, Japan Research Center (2000)

(Japanese) [7]

Russia 48.1% Dentsu Communication Institute Inc, Japan Research Center (2000) (Japanese) [8]
The Netherlands 44.0% (SCP) [9]
South Korea 36.4% Dentsu Communication Institute Inc, Japan Research Center (2000) (Japanese)[10]
New Zealand 34.7% (of the 87.3% who answered an optional question) Statistics New Zealand (2006 census) [11]
Germany 32.7% (German Worldview Research Group) (2004) [12]
France 27.2% (23.9% of women, 30.6% of men) INSEE (2004 survey) [13]
Denmark 19% Eurobarometer(2005)[1]
Spain 19% Centre of Sociological Investigations (2005) (Spanish)[14]
Australia 18.7% (of the 88.8% who answered an optional question) Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006 census) [15]
United Kingdom 16.8% (of the 92.7% who answered an optional question) UK National Statistics (2001 census) [16]
Canada 16.2% Canada 2001 Census [17]
South Africa 15.1% Statistics South Africa Census 2001[18]
United States 15.0% (of the 94.6% who answered an optional question, out of a sample of 50,281 households in the 48 contiguous states) American Religious Identification Survey (2001), as reported by US Census Bureau [19]
India 6.6% Dentsu Communication Institute Inc, Japan Research Center (2000) (Japanese)[20]
Ireland 4.5% Central Statistics Office Ireland Census 2006,

Final Principal Demographic Results 2006

Iran 1.1% (Atheism and Agnosticism are illegal) Dentsu Communication Institute Inc, Japan Research Center (2000) (Japanese)[21]

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Translations: Translations for: 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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 무종교, 불경

日本語 (Japanese)
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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