antireligion
Against organized belief
Antireligion is opposition to religion generally—not merely disbelief or indifference, but active hostility toward religious belief, institutions, or influence.
The regime's antireligion policies closed churches and banned religious education.
Often appears as an adjective: antireligion sentiment, antireligion laws.
Distinguished from atheism, which concerns belief rather than opposition.
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
empiricism · positivism · nihilism · existentialism · antitheism · nontheism · physicalism · determinism
Rejection of deities
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
blasphemy · heresy · iconoclasm · criticism · polemic · satire · ridicule · debunking
Opposition to church influence
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- activismDirect effort for reform
campaign · organization · militancy · demonstration · rally · publication · broadcasting · legislation
Advocacy for church-state separation
- church-state separationGovernment religious neutrality doctrine
- secularityNon-religious quality or state
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- civil societyNongovernmental organized citizenry
public sphere · neutrality · impartiality · secularization · modernization · liberalization · republicanism
atheism
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
humanism · empiricism · positivism · nihilism · existentialism · antitheism · nontheism · physicalism · determinism · reductionism
atheism
Rejection of deities
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
skepticism · blasphemy · heresy · iconoclasm · criticism · polemic · satire · ridicule · debunking · exposé
anticlericalism
Opposition to church influence
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- propagandaBiased information for influence
activism · campaign · organization · militancy · demonstration · rally · publication · broadcasting · legislation · prohibition
disestablishmentarianism
Advocacy for church-state separation
- church-state separationGovernment religious neutrality doctrine
- secularityNon-religious quality or state
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
civil society · public sphere · neutrality · impartiality · secularization · modernization · liberalization · republicanism
antireligionreligion
System of spiritual belief
religiosity · religious devotion · piety · faith · devoutness
antireligiontheocracy
Rule by religious authority
religious fundamentalism · evangelism · clericalism · religious nationalism · Christendom
antireligionsacredness
Quality of being holy
spirituality · holiness · reverence · sanctity · godliness