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Meaning of "antireligious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTIRELIGIOUS

antireligious  [ˌæntɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTIRELIGIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antireligious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTIRELIGIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Antireligion

Antireligion is opposition to religion. Antireligion is distinct from atheism and antitheism, although antireligionists may be atheists or antitheists. The term may be used to describe opposition to organized religion, or to describe a broader opposition to any form of belief in the supernatural or the divine.

Definition of antireligious in the English dictionary

The definition of antireligious in the dictionary is opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTIRELIGIOUS


advantageous
ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
contagious
kənˈteɪdʒəs
courageous
kəˈreɪdʒəs
disadvantageous
dɪsˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs
interreligious
ˌɪntərɪˈlɪdʒəs
irreligious
ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
litigious
lɪˈtɪdʒəs
multireligious
ˌmʌltɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
nonreligious
ˌnɒnrɪˈlɪdʒəs
oragious
ɒˈreɪdʒəs
outrageous
aʊtˈreɪdʒəs
prestigious
prɛˈstɪdʒəs
prodigious
prəˈdɪdʒəs
rampageous
ræmˈpeɪdʒəs
religious
rɪˈlɪdʒəs
sacrilegious
ˌsækrɪˈlɪdʒəs
semireligious
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈlɪdʒəs
socioreligious
ˌsəʊsɪəʊrɪˈlɪdʒəs
umbrageous
ʌmˈbreɪdʒəs
unreligious
ˌʌnrɪˈlɪdʒəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTIRELIGIOUS

antirealism
antirealist
antirecession
antired
antireflection
antireflective
antireform
antiregulatory
antirejection
antireligion
Antiremonstrant
antirepublican
antiretroviral
antirevolutionary
antirheumatic
antiriot
antiritualism
antirock
antiromantic
antiromanticism

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTIRELIGIOUS

ambagious
ambitious
circumambagious
conscious
curious
delicious
egregious
furious
glorious
hilarious
luxurious
mysterious
obvious
precious
previous
serious
spacious
spongious
suspicious
various

Synonyms and antonyms of antireligious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antireligious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTIRELIGIOUS

Find out the translation of antireligious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antireligious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antireligious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反宗教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antirreligiosa
570 millions of speakers

English

antireligious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antireligious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antireligious
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антирелигиозная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anti-religiosa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

antireligious
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antireligieuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antireligious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antireligiöse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反宗教
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반종교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antireligious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antireligious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Antireligious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

din karşıtı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antireligioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antyreligijnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антирелігійна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antireligioase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιθρησκευτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anti godsdienstige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antireligiösa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antireligiøse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antireligious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIRELIGIOUS»

The term «antireligious» is normally little used and occupies the 147.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTIRELIGIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antireligious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTIRELIGIOUS»

Discover the use of antireligious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antireligious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Antireligious Activities in the Soviet Union and in Eastern ...
Investigates activities of the Soviet Union and its allies regarding religious freedom, especially relating to alleged Jewish persecution.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe, 1965
2
Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions
This book outlines the theoretical and ideological foundations of Soviet atheism from Feuerbach and Marx to Khrushchev and Andropov, demonstrating that the Soviet intolerance towards any faith in God is an inseparable part of the Marxist ...
Dimitry Pospielovsky, 1988
3
A History of Marxist-Leninist Atheism and Soviet ...
Dimitry V. Pospielovsky here outlines the theoretical and ideological foundations of Soviet atheism from Feuerbach and Marx to Khrushchev and Andropov, demonstrating that the Soviet intolerance towards any Faith in God is an inseparable ...
Dimitry Pospielovsky, 1987
4
Antireligious Propaganda in the Soviet Union: A Study of ...
"Religion," a Soviet Minister of Education once remarked, "is like a nail; the harder you hit it, the deeper it goes into the wood"In this book, Powell suggests that the drive to rid the Soviet people of their religious beliefs has in some ...
David E. Powell, 1978
5
Power and the Sacred in Revolutionary Russia: Religious ...
veterans and young villagers who did not yet have a Party affiliation typically filled out the cells.32 It was rare for antireligious and provincial newspapers to report that adult peasants had joined an antireligious cell. As during the last decades ...
Glennys Young, 2008
6
Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless
for thirty activists.37 An agitprop conference in 1927 called for a seven- month biweekly antireligious seminar to be organized by uezd and district Party committees.38 In the autumn of 1929, an antireligious division opened at the local ...
Daniel Peris, 1998
7
Communities of the Converted: Ukrainians and Global Evangelism
Antireligious efforts involved debates, lectures, museums, and "godless" corners in factories and village reading huts, all for the purposes of instructing Soviet citizens on how to acquire knowledge that was "true" and "real." The Society of the ...
Catherine Wanner, 2007
8
Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet ...
Still, an unspecified number of mikves remained in the Soviet Union through the 1930s.15 New antireligious campaigns designed to decimate the clergy and to reduce the number of believers to a bare minimum among Jews began in 1927- 28 ...
Anna Shternshis, 2006
9
The Human Tradition in Modern Russia
In practice, the actions of antireligious militants as well as responses by religious leaders frequently paid little heed to legalisms, and away from the direct influence of central authorities the church-state conflict created its own dynamics.
William Husband, 2000
10
Muslim National Communism in the Soviet Union: A ...
Inept antireligious propaganda runs the risk of evoking this recent past in the Muslim mind and would only have very negative results. Finally, when discussing the difficulties of anti-Muslim propaganda another important factor should be noted: ...
Alexandre A. Bennigsen, 1980

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTIRELIGIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antireligious is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Will the Burqa Be Banned in Berlin?
At the heart of Europe's neutrality laws, there's a bitter misunderstanding: Being antireligious is not neutral. It doesn't heal the cultural divide that ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Against a Growing Intolerance, Christians Must Witness Christ 'for …
Education, family law, healthcare are just some of the areas in which narrow readings of religious freedom are paving the way for antireligious ... «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
3
Lois Lerner for President
... that their religious freedom might be in peril because of the aggressive advance of gay rights in alliance with the antireligious progressive left. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
4
Floridians Are Heading to Syria and Iraq to Fight ISIS
"Now I'm probably the most antireligious person you know," he says. "I guess it's cool to have faith in something, because it makes you feel ... «New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Jun 15»
5
Why I'm Grateful to Justice Kennedy
... despite the fact that you were quite aware of the very real danger of antireligious persecution arising from your decision (as indicated by the ... «Charisma News, Jun 15»
6
Is China Facing a Xinjiang Insurgency?
Beijing's focus on hard repressive measures and its antireligious campaigns seems destined to generate greater disaffection amongst Uighurs ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
7
John Lydon Unveils 'Antireligious' Art for New Public Image Ltd. Album
So it's an antireligious statement, really, of sorts. John Lydon. "Muslim, Christian, any of them, they're problem givers not solvers," he explains. «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
8
Cyberbullying: The online problem plaguing kids today
... have seen racist, homophobic, sexist or antireligious types of derogatory speech online. "It's hard though. Cyberbullying just doesn't go away. «Washington Times Herald, Jun 15»
9
'Saare jahan se achha… Hindustan hamara''
India's secularism has a different connotation, which means showing equal regards to all faiths and nurturing no antireligious bias. The ancient ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
10
Flannery O'Connor: Stamped but not Cancelled
It transforms itself into what Fr. Coughlin named as “an antireligious religion.” “To the Christian,” he cautioned in June of 1963, “secularism is a ... «First Things, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Antireligious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/antireligious>. Apr 2024 ».
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