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irreverency

irreverency is the alternative form of irreverence.

Meaning of irreverence

Noun

irreverence (usually uncountable, plural irreverences)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Forms of irreverency

pluralirreverencies

Questions about irreverency

What is irreverency the alternative form of?
Irreverency is the alternative form of irreverence.

Words near irreverency in the dictionary

  1. irreturnable
  2. irrevealable
  3. irreverence
  4. irreverences
  5. irreverencies
  6. irreverency
  7. irreverend
  8. irreverent
  9. irreverential
  10. irreverently
  11. irreversability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: irreverency (page history and authors); irreverence (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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