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Meanings of irreverence in English

Portuguese
irreverência
Catalan
irreverència
Spanish
irreverencia

An irreverent mental attitude.

        irreverência
        Portuguese
        irreverência
        Catalan
        transgressió
        Spanish
        violación

        A disrespectful act.

              irreverência
              Usage of irreverence in English
              1
              The hysterical protests against the irreverence of examination fell on deaf ears.
              Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century / Great Deeds of Men an...
              2
              And then the vulgarity, the irreverence: they are almost identical, I think.
              The Daughters of Danaus
              3
              There was more to this than his inbuilt irreverence towards official culture.
              The Guardian
              4
              Spitzer's candidacy was greeted with typical irreverence in the New York tabloids.
              Reuters
              5
              The lack of spirit and irreverence at the polling stations surprises me.
              The Guardian
              6
              But Bogost's irreverence belies a sincere belief in the potential of videogames.
              Wired
              7
              The world would not understand it, and would accuse me of irreverence.
              Frederick the Great and His Court
              8
              Where is the immorality, the irreverence, the atheism in such a supposition?
              Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
              9
              There will be irreverence no longer, because I will not allow it.
              What Is Man? and Other Essays
              10
              But the older folk are very good at ignoring that sort of irreverence.
              The Einstein Intersection
              11
              Fafnir is highly scandalized by the irreverence of the young Bakoonin.
              The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
              12
              They did not do so out of irreverence for your person or work.
              Ghosts
              13
              The quality or condition of irreverence toward God and sacred things.
              The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
              14
              A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.
              Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of M...
              15
              But the signs of irreverence and neglect are continually before us.
              Old St. Paul's Cathedral
              16
              Meanwhile, this general tone of irreverence for our forefathers is no hopeful sign.
              Froude's History of England
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              Translations for irreverence
              Portuguese
              irreverência
              Irreverence through the time
              Irreverence across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common