Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antireligious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: an-tire-li-gious
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposed to religion.

Example Sentences

"The many nonbelievers he interviewed[…] were anything but antireligious, for example."

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.

Inflected Forms

more antireligious (comparative) most antireligious (superlative) anti-religious (alternative)

Derived Forms

antireligiousness

Phrases

:Category:English terms suffixed with -phobic

Frequently Paired Words

religiophobic Christianophobic Christophobic Hinduphobic Islamophobic Muslimophobic xenophobic :Category:English terms suffixed with -phobic

Synonyms

antireligious antireligion antitheist

Antonyms

antisecular believing devout religious

Questions

What does antireligious mean?: Opposed to religion.
Where does antireligious come from?: 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.

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