Standard Lemma guide

irreligion

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK, US: /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪdʒən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: atheism, agnosticism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unreligion, atheism, agnosticism

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of not being devout

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irreligiousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impiety, impiousness

History

Etymology

From French irréligion, from Latin irreligiō. By surface analysis, ir- + religion.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَادِينِيَّة (lādīniyya) — state of being irreligious
  • Bengali: ধর্মহীনতা (dhormohinota) — state of being irreligious
  • Catalan: irreligió — state of being irreligious
  • Dutch: irreligie — state of being irreligious
  • Finnish: uskonnottomuus — state of being irreligious
  • French: irréligion — state of being irreligious
  • Galician: irrelixión — state of being irreligious
  • German: Irreligiosität — state of being irreligious
  • German: Religionsfeindlichkeit — state of being irreligious
  • German: Religionslosigkeit — state of being irreligious
  • Greek: άθρησκία (áthriskía) — state of being irreligious
  • Hebrew: חוֹסֶר דָּת (khóser dat) — state of being irreligious
  • Hindi: अधर्म (adharm) — state of being irreligious
  • Ido: despieso — state of being irreligious
  • Ido: senreligeso — state of being irreligious
  • Italian: irreligione — state of being irreligious
  • Japanese: 無宗教 (mushūkyō) — state of being irreligious
  • Kazakh: дінсіздік (dınsızdık) — state of being irreligious
  • Korean: 무종교 (mujonggyo) — state of being irreligious
  • Lithuanian: nereligingumas — state of being irreligious
  • Marathi: निधर्मी (nidharmī) — state of being irreligious
  • Polish: niereligijność — state of being irreligious
  • Polish: bezreligijność — state of being irreligious
  • Polish: areligijność — state of being irreligious
  • Portuguese: irreligião — state of being irreligious
  • Russian: нерелигио́зность (nereligióznostʹ) — state of being irreligious
  • Scots: irreleegion — state of being irreligious
  • Slovene: ireligioznost — state of being irreligious
  • Slovene: brezvernost — state of being irreligious
  • Spanish: irreligión — state of being irreligious
  • Turkish: dinsizlik — state of being irreligious
  • Ottoman Turkish: دینسزلك (dinsizlik) — state of being irreligious
  • Ottoman Turkish: كفر (küfr) — state of being irreligious
  • Waray-Waray: irrelihiyon — state of being irreligious
  • Welsh: anghrefydd — state of being irreligious
  • Zazaki: bêdin — state of being irreligious