2. Adjective. Opposed to religion in general. ¹
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Definition of Antireligious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antireligious
Literary usage of Antireligious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"Its oaths were depicted as shockingly unchristian, its ceremonies as sacrilegious,
and the whole institution as antireligious in that it profaned Holy ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... antireligious attitude of the French freethinkers became so offensive to him
that he adhered more and more closely to the objective facts of ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States, from the Revolution to the by John Bach McMasters (1900)
"Its oaths were depicted as shockingly unchristian, its ceremonies as sacrilegious,
and the whole institution as antireligious in that it profaned Holy ..."
4. Christian Ethics: Or, The True Moral Manhood and Life of Duty. A Text-book by Daniel Seely Gregory (1883)
"The Issue is really between the True Religion and Infidelity or Atheism.— The
men who advocate the antireligious character of the state are, ..."
5. Christian Work in Latin America (1917)
"It should be said that among both freethinkers and antireligious socialists are
those of admirable genuineness, ideals and spirit of service. ..."
6. Servia by the Servians by Alfred Stead (1909)
"From time to time antireligious elements appear in the larger cities, but these
have not taken root in the soul of the native Servians, being imported in ..."
7. Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism: A Translation from the by Robert Clifford (1799)
"... of his antireligious ... which alone comprehend the whole of that antireligious
revolution which was to be ..."
8. Vicars of Christ: Popes, Power, and Politics in the Modern World by Michael P. Riccards (1998)
"In his dealings with Latin America, Pius criticized antireligious legislation in
Ecuador, expressed concerns over the maintenance of ecclesiastical laws in ..."
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