lacking in, indifferent to, or opposed to religious faith
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ir•re•li•gious /ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- not religious;
not practicing a religion;
feeling no religious impulses, or feeling hostile to religion.
ir•re•li•gious
(ir′i lij′əs),USA pronunciation adj.
ir′re•li′gious•ly, adv.
ir′re•li′gious•ness, ir•re•lig•i•os•i•ty
(ir′i lij′ē os′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
- not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- showing or characterized by a lack of religion.
- showing indifference or hostility to religion:irreligious statements.
- Latin irreligiōsus. See ir-2, religious
- 1555–65
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged profane, sacrilegious, ungodly.
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