irreligious
/ˌɪɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/
irreligious adjective: having no relation to religion.
Adjective
irreligious (comparative more irreligious, superlative most irreligious)
- Having no relation to religion.
- Synonyms:
- nonreligious, areligious, civil, earthly, laicist, laicistic, mundane, profane, secular, temporal
- Contrary to religious beliefs and practices.
- [T]he virtuous reader may condemn her for showing too great regard to a base-born infant, to which all charity is condemned by law as irreligious […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- In conscious rejection of religion.
irreligious meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
irreligious in Hindi
- contrary to religious beliefs and practices
- अधर्मी adharmī
- rejecting religion consciously
- अधर्मी adharmī
irreligious in Marathi
- irreligious, impious; sinful
- अधर्म adharma
irreligious in Urdu
- بےدین, لامذہب, ملحد
irreligious in Bengali
- irreligious
- অধার্মিক odharmik
More languagesFewer languages
- irreligious in Malayalam
- മതവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, വൃഷ്ണി, മതമില്ലാത്ത, മതവിരോധിയായ
- irreligious in Kannada
- ಧರ್ಮವಿರೋಧಿ, ಅಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ
Synonyms of irreligious
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Forms of irreligious
| comparative | more irreligious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irreligious |
Origin of irreligious
From Latin irreligiōsus. By surface analysis, ir- + religious.
Words formed from irreligious
Words that rhyme with irreligious
Questions about irreligious
- What does irreligious mean?
- Irreligious means having no relation to religion.
- What is irreligious in Hindi?
- Irreligious in Hindi is अधर्मी (adharmī). See Irreligious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is irreligious?
- Irreligious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irreligious?
- Irreligious is pronounced /ˌɪɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/.
Words near irreligious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irreligious (page history and authors); अधर्म (Marathi) (page history and authors); irreligious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অধার্মিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); irreligious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irreligious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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