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Definition of Irreligion
1. Noun. The quality of not being devout.
Generic synonyms: Impiety, Impiousness
Derivative terms: Irreligionist, Irreligious
Definition of Irreligion
1. n. The state of being irreligious; want of religion; impiety.
Definition of Irreligion
1. Noun. The state of being irreligious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irreligion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irreligion
Literary usage of Irreligion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"On irreligion. AJ, Mar. 18.—Sir,—I have sometimes written to you on the Subject
of the Immoralities of the Age; and the Necessity of reforming, ..."
2. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"(2) irreligion. In superstition there is always, as we said, some element of
Divine worship, but spoiled in some way or wrongly directed. ..."
3. The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789: And the Causes by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1888)
"irreligion was disseminated among the Courts and wits of the age; but it had not
... Nowhere but in France had irreligion become a general passion, fervid, ..."
4. The Inequality of Human Races by Arthur Gobineau (1915)
"... and irreligion do not necessarily bring about the ruin of nations. All these
phenomena have been found in a highly developed state, either in isolation ..."
5. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... the heart from God, is one and the sanie t though they will not estimate them
above spirit of irreligion, whether it appear in the I their worth," ..."
6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Commune of Paris—their gross irreligion.—Gäbet.—Goddess of Reason.—Marriage
reduced to a Civil Contract.— Views of Danton —and of Robespierre. ..."
7. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"On irreligion. AJ, Mar. 18.—Sir,—I have sometimes written to you on the Subject
of the Immoralities of the Age; and the Necessity of reforming, ..."
8. The Science of Ethics by Michael Cronin (1917)
"(2) irreligion. In superstition there is always, as we said, some element of
Divine worship, but spoiled in some way or wrongly directed. ..."
9. The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789: And the Causes by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1888)
"irreligion was disseminated among the Courts and wits of the age; but it had not
... Nowhere but in France had irreligion become a general passion, fervid, ..."
10. The Inequality of Human Races by Arthur Gobineau (1915)
"... and irreligion do not necessarily bring about the ruin of nations. All these
phenomena have been found in a highly developed state, either in isolation ..."
11. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... the heart from God, is one and the sanie t though they will not estimate them
above spirit of irreligion, whether it appear in the I their worth," ..."
12. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Commune of Paris—their gross irreligion.—Gäbet.—Goddess of Reason.—Marriage
reduced to a Civil Contract.— Views of Danton —and of Robespierre. ..."
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