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Meaning of "irreligionist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRRELIGIONIST

irreligionist  [ˌɪrɪˈlɪdʒənɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRRELIGIONIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irreligionist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IRRELIGIONIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Irreligion

Irreligion is the absence of religion, an indifference towards religion, a rejection of religion, or hostility towards religion. When characterized as the rejection of religious belief, it includes explicit atheism, religious dissidence, and secular humanism. When characterized as hostility towards religion, it includes anticlericalism, antireligion, and antitheism. When characterized as indifference to religion, it includes apatheism. When characterized as the absence of religious belief, it may also include implicit atheism, agnosticism, ignosticism, nontheism, religious skepticism, and freethought. Irreligion may even include forms of theism, depending on the religious context it is defined against. In 18th-century Europe, the epitome of irreligion was deism. A 2012 survey found that 36% of the world population is not religious and that between 2005 and 2012 world religiosity decreased by 9 percentage points. The Pew global report in 2010 noted that many that are not religious have some religious beliefs and the majority of nonreligious come from Asia and the Pacific.

Definition of irreligionist in the English dictionary

The definition of irreligionist in the dictionary is someone who is lacking in, indifferent to, or opposed to religious faith.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRRELIGIONIST


contagionist
kənˈteɪdʒənɪst
coreligionist
ˌkəʊrɪˈlɪdʒənɪst
correligionist
ˌkəʊrɪˈlɪdʒənɪst
delusionist
dɪˈluːʒənɪst
diffusionist
dɪˈfjuːʒənɪst
divisionist
dɪˈvɪʒənɪst
ethnogenist
ɛθˈnɒdʒənɪst
eugenist
ˈju:dʒənɪst
exclusionist
ɪkˈskluːʒənɪst
geomorphogenist
ˌdʒiːəʊmɔːˈfɒdʒənɪst
illusionist
ɪˈluːʒənɪst
infusionist
ɪnˈfjuːʒənɪst
intrusionist
ɪnˈtruːʒənɪst
perfusionist
pəˈfjuːʒənɪst
precisionist
prɪˈsɪʒənɪst
religionist
rɪˈlɪdʒənɪst
revisionist
rɪˈvɪʒənɪst
seclusionist
sɪˈkluːʒənɪst
transfusionist
trænsˈfjuːʒənɪst
visionist
ˈvɪʒənɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRRELIGIONIST

irrelated
irrelation
irrelative
irrelatively
irrelativeness
irrelevance
irrelevancy
irrelevant
irrelevantly
irrelievable
irreligion
irreligious
irreligiously
irreligiousness
irremeable
irremeably
irremediable
irremediableness
irremediably
irremissibility

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRRELIGIONIST

accordionist
agonist
antagonist
cartoonist
communist
dental receptionist
educationist
evolutionist
exhibitionist
expressionist
fashionist
impressionist
nutritionist
perfectionist
projectionist
protagonist
receptionist
reductionist
revolutionist
saxophonist
Zionist

Synonyms and antonyms of irreligionist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irreligionist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRRELIGIONIST

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

Translator English - Chinese

irreligionist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreligionist
570 millions of speakers

English

irreligionist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

irreligionist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

irreligionist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

irreligionist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irreligionist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

irreligionist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irreligionist
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irreligionist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irreligionist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irreligionist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

irreligionist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irreligionist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irreligionist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

irreligionist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंबद्धतावादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irreligionist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irreligionist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irreligionist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

irreligionist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irreligionist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

irreligionist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irreligionist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irreligionist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irreligionist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irreligionist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRELIGIONIST»

The term «irreligionist» is used very little and occupies the 152.342 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRELIGIONIST» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRRELIGIONIST»

Discover the use of irreligionist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irreligionist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dear Mr Brown
The irreligionist picks up a Bible and calls the visible book a fact, but when the book tells of a man who goes into his closet, shuts the door and, having prayed to the Father, comes out transfigured and empowered, he calls that a wishful fantasy ...
Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1961
2
The Methodist Review
... of stone will occasion no surprise; since the transmutation of values involved is only a symptom of that moral restlessness which we feel in an age of “social ethics” with its smug utilitarian sanctions. In adopting the role of irreligionist, Hardy ...
‎1916
3
North American Second Class Reader: The Fourth Book of ...
The history of religion is ransacked for instances of persecution, of austerities, and enthusiastic irregularities ; and when they are all collected, the cold-hearted, thoughtless irreligionist exclaims, " These are the fruits of piety ! " 332. Observation ...
David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker, 1850
4
A Selection from Unpublished Papers
But the irreligionist, with the malice to embarrass, and the religionist, with the vanity of doing what no one was able to do before, has been always forward in writing upon this subject, — a secret residing amongst the arcana of the Godhead .
William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), 1841
5
Theory of Pneumatology: In Reply to the Question, what Ought ...
... upon those solemn words, " Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." II. It justifies the dealings of God with his creatures. The skeptic and the irreligionist can never be brought to believe the existence of a place of torment, according ...
Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling, George Bush, 1854
6
A selection from unpublished papers of Will. Warburton: By ...
But the irreligionist, with the malice to embarrass, and the religionist, with the vanity of doing what no one was able to do before, has been always forward in writing upon this subject,—-a secret residing amongst the arcana of the Godhead .
Will Warburton, 1841
7
A Christian Gift: Or, Pastoral Letters
Or, Pastoral Letters Ferdinand De Wilton Ward. God, which the person will not do, who deems him but a creature. Here the difference of opinion makes one an idolater and the other an irreligionist. With such an instance before him, who can  ...
Ferdinand De Wilton Ward, 1854
8
The phonographic word-book ...: Intended immediately to ...
... resolution irresolution relevant irrelevant relevantly irrelevantly relevancy irrelevancy- relative irrelative religious irreligious religiously irreligiously religiousness irreligiousness religion irreligion religionist irreligionist regeneracy irregeneracy ...
Stephen Pearl Andrews, Augustus French Boyle, 1849
9
The Awakening of Global Consciousness: A Guide to ...
Being an irreligionist can be uncomfortable due to the various complications of peer groups and family members bringing up religion regularly, questions about church attendance, political leaders implementing Christian values, and the ...
Jawara D. King, 2010
10
WORD JUDGE USA
... IRRELEVANCES IRRELEVANCIES IRRELEVANCY IRRELEVANT IRRELEVANTLY IRRELIGION IRRELIGIONIST IRRELIGIONISTS IRRELIGIONS IRRELIGIOUS IRRELIGIOUSLY IRREMEABLE IRREMEDIABLE IRREMEDIABLENESS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013

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