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Meanings of irreligion in English
Absence of religion, an indifference towards religion, a rejection of religion, or hostility towards religion.
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Examples for "irreligiousness"
Examples for "irreligiousness"
1
As Wilfred Smith points out, a profound irreligiousness pervades wajdi's work.
2
It is from this source that sin and irreligiousness flow, together with great misery.
3
Just as Bush wore his religion on his sleeve, so Kerry wore his irreligiousness on his.
4
He held himself accused of laziness, lack of discipline and ambition, irreligiousness, a casual concern with high obligations, and physical and moral weakness.
5
Of all the new things which astonished her in the house, what most astonished her was the sudden irreligiousness of her young mistress.
1
You must die without confession and absolution-inthe midst of your sins.
2
Put down that dagger; at least let me not die without confession.
3
But he stood on the punctilio and would not win you without confession.
4
Had the librarian recognized, without confession on his part, the change in him?
5
If you like to absolve me without confession, I shall be much obliged.
1
The problem is that I'm not Catholic - I have no religion.
2
It unites us against extremism, hatred and terrorism, which knows no religion.
3
The proposition is this: the artist needs no religion beyond his work.
4
Even those who professed to no religion seemed comforted by the idea.
5
The Archduchess, who had no religion herself, approved of it in others.
Usage of irreligion in English
1
Sin lifts bars against success: the root of failure lies in irreligion.
2
Every form of religion and irreligion found an asylum in the States.
3
Frances Wright preached communism and sex license in the name of irreligion.
4
They do not escape the almost inevitable consequence of making irreligion penal.
5
They are shocked by the irreligion of Massachusetts, and by Theodore Parker.
6
Charles still burns with indignation at her father's irreligion and personal ill-treatment.
7
He preferred to brood over his coarseness, his caddish ingratitude, his irreligion.
8
Therefore also this kind of temptation is a species of irreligion.
9
If religion is guilty of unreason, irreligion is guilty of apathy.
10
The humanists, too, fell into deep disgrace, charged with self-conceit, profligacy and irreligion.
11
If religion won't make a man moral, I don't see why irreligion should.
12
The apparent irreligion of to-day is the groundwork of the purer religion of to-morrow.
13
To tempt God is one of these; wherefore it is a species of irreligion.
14
Once more, there is degradation in the life of irreligion.
15
The irreligion of the Third Republic is a dogmatic irreligion.
16
Popular education comes more and more to mean popularized irreligion.
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