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adjective
1.
not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
2.
showing or characterized by a lack of religion.
3.
showing indifference or hostility to religion: irreligious statements.
Related forms
ir·re·li·gious·ly, adverb
Synonyms
3. profane, sacrilegious, ungodly.
3. profane, sacrilegious, ungodly.
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irreligious
1561, from L. irreligiosus, from in- "not" + religiosus (see religion).
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