unchristian

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UK/ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/UK/ʌnˈkɹɪstɪən/US/ʌnˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/

adjective

Not of the Christian faith.

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectiveunchristian (comparative more unchristian, superlative most unchristian)

comparative more unchristian · superlative most unchristian · alternative un-Christian

  1. Not of the Christian faith.
  2. Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.

    I hope I may never again be in a state of mind so unchristian as the mental frame in which I lived for some weeks, respecting the memory of Master B. [His bell rang] two nights out of three, until I conceived the happy idea of twisting Master B.‘s neck […]

    1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
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    Arius […] eventually died obscurely, reputedly as the result of an acute attack of dysentery in a latrine in Constantinople, which circumstance afforded his enemies some unchristian pleasure, and was eventually commemorated with exemplary lack of charity in the Orthodox liturgy.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 215

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot of a Christian faith

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishuncristen“unchristian”
  2. Middle Englishuncristen
  3. Englishunchristian

Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.

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Translations

Finnish ei-kristillinen, epäkristillinen
  • ei-kristillinennot of the Christian faith
  • epäkristillinennot in accord with Christian principles
French inchrétien
  • inchrétiennot of the Christian faith
Greek αντιχριστιανικός
  • αντιχριστιανικός (antichristianikós)not in accord with Christian principles
Irish ainchríostúil, míchríostúil
  • ainchríostúilnot of the Christian faith
  • míchríostúilnot of the Christian faith
  • neamhchríostúilnot of the Christian faith
Polish niechrześcijański, niechrześcijański
  • niechrześcijańskinot of the Christian faith
  • niechrześcijańskinot in accord with Christian principles
Romanian necreștin
  • necreștinnot of the Christian faith
Tagalog dimakakristo, di-Kristiyano
  • dimakakristonot of the Christian faith
  • di-Kristiyanonot of the Christian faith
  • dibinyaginnot of the Christian faith

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

unchristian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchristian

MLA

“unchristian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchristian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchristian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchristian.

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