nonreligious

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adjective

Not religious.

Similar
irreligioussecularunreligiousareligiouscivilearthlylaicistlaicistic
OriginEnglish religious ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivenonreligious (not comparable)

alternative non-religious

  1. not comparableNot religious.

    Synonyms: irreligious, secular, unreligious, areligious, civil, earthly, irreligious, laicist

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot religious.

Similar
irreligioussecularunreligiousareligiouscivilearthlyirreligiouslaicistlaicisticmundaneprofaneseculartemporalunconsecratedunsanctifiedworldly
Also see
areligiouscivilearthlyirreligiouslaicistlaicisticmundanenonpracticingprofaneseculartemporalunconsecratedunreligiousunsanctifiedworldly

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishreligious
  15. Englishnonreligious

From non- + religious.

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Translations

Finnish epäuskonnollinen
  • epäuskonnollinennot religious; secular
Polish areligijny, niereligijny
  • areligijnynot religious; secular
  • niereligijnynot religious; secular
Swedish icke-religiös
  • icke-religiösnot religious; secular
Cite this entry
APA

nonreligious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonreligious

MLA

“nonreligious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonreligious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonreligious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonreligious.

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