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unchristian

UK/ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/US/ʌnˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/

unchristian adjective: not of the Christian faith.

Adjective

unchristian (comparative more unchristian, superlative most unchristian)

  1. Not of the Christian faith.
  2. Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.
    • I hope I may never again be in a state of mind so unchristian as the mental frame in which I lived for some weeks, respecting the memory of Master B. [His bell rang] two nights out of three, until I conceived the happy idea of twisting Master B.‘s neck […]1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
    • Arius […] eventually died obscurely, reputedly as the result of an acute attack of dysentery in a latrine in Constantinople, which circumstance afforded his enemies some unchristian pleasure, and was eventually commemorated with exemplary lack of charity in the Orthodox liturgy.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 215

unchristian meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog

unchristian in Tamil

கிறித்துவப் பண்புக்கு மாறான

unchristian in Urdu

غیرفیاضانہ, غیرعیسائی

unchristian in Tagalog

not of the Christian faith
dimakakristo, di-Kristiyano, dibinyagin

Forms of unchristian

comparativemore unchristian
superlativemost unchristian
alternative formun-Christian

Origin of unchristian

Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.

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Words that rhyme with unchristian

Questions about unchristian

What does unchristian mean?
Unchristian means not of the Christian faith.
What is unchristian in Tamil?
Unchristian in Tamil is கிறித்துவப் பண்புக்கு மாறான. See Unchristian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unchristian?
Unchristian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unchristian?
Unchristian is pronounced /ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/ (UK).

Words near unchristian in the dictionary

  1. unchosen
  2. unchristen
  3. unchristened
  4. unchristening
  5. unchristens
  6. unchristian
  7. unchristian-like
  8. unchristianise
  9. unchristianised
  10. unchristianises
  11. unchristianising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unchristian (page history and authors); unchristian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unchristian (Urdu 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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