What is another word for anti-religious?

Pronunciation: [ˈantiɹɪlˈɪd͡ʒəs] (IPA)

The word "anti-religious" refers to a person or thing that opposes or shows hostility towards religion or religious beliefs. Some possible synonyms for this term include "atheistic," "secular," "irreligious," "non-religious," "skeptical," and "agnostic." Each of these synonyms implies a different degree or type of opposition to religion, from simple disbelief or doubt to a more active rejection or criticism of religious ideology. Depending on the context, each of these terms may be more or less appropriate or accurate. Other possible synonyms might include "heretical," "blasphemous," or "apostate," though these terms tend to carry more negative connotations and imply more direct opposition or deviation from established religious doctrines.

What are the hypernyms for Anti-religious?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Anti-religious

  • The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is legally and culturally biased against Christianity.
    Ron Paul
  • All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious beliefs deserved more consideration than non-religious beliefs or anti-religious ones. I never agree with that foolish statement that I ought to respect the views of others when I believe them to be wrong.
    Chapman Cohen
  • We probably seem to be anti-religious...none of us believes in God.
    Paul McCartney
  • America is actually the country to which people came in the most of a hurry, to try and find if that life could really be lived as a society. Some of them came to practice their religion freely. Many came to escape from persecution by other religions. Some came to be free from religion altogether, and that's why the Constitution is godless and doesn't mention the word, but it was not written by atheists. It was written by democratic theists and secularists, and that's why the meeting at Philadelphia, which decided these matters and decides them still for us, was a godless one, if not an atheist one. And that's why I think modern America should be a lot more anti-religious than it is. It should pay less respect, and make much less reverence toward religion, than its mass media... presently do.
    Christopher Hitchens

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