irreligious

By surface analysis, ir- +‎ religious.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒəs

irreligious (comparative more irreligious, superlative most irreligious)

1. Having no relation to religion.

   Synonyms: nonreligious, areligious

   Coordinate terms: antireligious, antireligion (not the same, just as "not black" or "not female" does not equal "anti-black" or "anti-female")

   Coordinate term: agnostic

2. Contrary to religious beliefs and practices.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     [T]he virtuous reader may condemn her for showing too great regard to a base-born infant, to which all charity is condemned by law as irreligious […]

   1. In conscious rejection of religion.

      Synonyms: antireligious, antireligion, atheistic, atheist

      Coordinate term: agnostic

• irreligiosity
• irreligiously
• religious