anti-religious
Against organized worship
Anti-religious describes opposition or hostility toward religion generally, not just indifference but active rejection: The regime's anti-religious policies closed churches and mosques.
Someone anti-religious may consider religion harmful or false.
The term applies to attitudes, movements, governments, or propaganda.
Compare irreligious (simply not religious) and secular (separate from religion without necessarily opposing it).
Rejection of deities
- atheistOne denying gods exist
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- nonbeliefLack of religious faith
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
unbelief · nontheist · godlessness · materialist · naturalist · infidel · heathen · apostate
Disrespectful toward the divine
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- impiousLacking religious respect
- iconoclasticAttacking cherished beliefs
mocking · satirical · scoffing · derisive · contemptuous · disrespectful · flippant · parodic
Reason as knowledge source
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- reasonBasis or justification
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
inquiry · doubt · questioning · intellectualism · philosophy · empiricism · evidence · objectivity
Separation of faith, state
- separationState of being apart
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
- civicPertaining to community affairs
state-church · disestablishment · neutrality · pluralism · modernity · civil · public · institutional
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- restrictionLimit on action
discrimination · intolerance · hostility · antagonism · militancy · activism · campaign · propaganda
atheism
Rejection of deities
disbelief · unbelief · nontheist · godlessness · materialist · naturalist · infidel · heathen · apostate · deconvert
blasphemous
Disrespectful toward the divine
- sacrilegiousGrossly irreverent toward sanctity
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- impiousLacking religious respect
iconoclastic · mocking · satirical · scoffing · derisive · contemptuous · disrespectful · flippant · parodic · lampooning
rationalism
Reason as knowledge source
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- reasonBasis or justification
- logicScience of valid reasoning
skepticism · inquiry · doubt · questioning · intellectualism · philosophy · empiricism · evidence · objectivity · science
secularism
Separation of faith, state
- separationState of being apart
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- temporalRelating to chronology
civic · state-church · disestablishment · neutrality · pluralism · modernity · civil · public · institutional · governmental
persecution
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
restriction · discrimination · intolerance · hostility · antagonism · militancy · activism · campaign · propaganda · indoctrination
anti-religioustrue believer
Completely committed adherent
fundamentalist · evangelical · orthodox · born-again · ultra-Orthodox