antireligious en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English religious English antireligious From anti- + religious.
Meanings
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Opposed to religion.
The many nonbelievers he interviewed[…] were anything but antireligious, for example.
2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most antireligious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more antireligious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| anti-religious | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
devout · antisecular · believing · antisecular · religious
Coordinates
irreligious · unreligious · nonreligious · agnostic · atheist
Deriveds
Hyponyms
anti-Christian · anti-Hindu · anti-Taoist · anti-Jewish · anti-Buddhist · anti-Islamic · anti-Islam · anti-Mormon · anti-Muslim · antisemitic
Relateds
Christophobic · Hinduphobic · Special:Search/intitle:/phobic/ · xenophobic · religiophobic · Islamophobic · religion · Muslimophobic · religism · believer · Christianophobic · :Category:English terms suffixed with -phobic
Synonyms
antireligious · antitheist · antireligion
Translations (13)
pl antyreligijny (opposed to religion) · fi uskontovastainen (opposed to religion) · sv antireligiös (opposed to religion) · el αντιθρησκευτικός (opposed to religion) · de antireligiös (opposed to religion) · cs protináboženský (opposed to religion) · fr antireligieux (opposed to religion) · pt antirreligião (opposed to religion) · sh antireligiozan (opposed to religion) · es antirreligioso (opposed to religion) · ru антирелигиозный (opposed to religion) · de religionsfeindlich (opposed to religion) · pt antirreligioso (opposed to religion)