Meanings
adjectiveantireligious (comparative more antireligious, superlative most antireligious)
comparative more antireligious · superlative most antireligious · alternative anti-religious
- 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 2022Synonyms: antireligion, antitheist · Antonyms: antisecular
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishreligious
- Englishantireligious
Translations
Czech protináboženský
- protináboženskýopposed to religion
Finnish uskontovastainen
- uskontovastainenopposed to religion
French antireligieux
- antireligieuxopposed to religion
German antireligiös, religionsfeindlich
- antireligiösopposed to religion
- religionsfeindlichopposed to religion
Greek αντιθρησκευτικός
- αντιθρησκευτικός (antithriskeftikós)opposed to religion
Polish antyreligijny
- antyreligijnyopposed to religion
Portuguese antirreligioso, antirreligião
- antirreligiosoopposed to religion
- antirreligiãoopposed to religion
Russian антирелигиозный
- антирелигиозный (antireligioznyj)opposed to religion
Spanish antirreligioso
- antirreligiosoopposed to religion
Swedish antireligiös
- antireligiösopposed to religion
Cite this entry
APA
antireligious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antireligious
MLA
“antireligious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antireligious. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antireligious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antireligious.
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