antireligious
Opposing organized worship
Antireligious means opposed to religion or hostile toward religious belief and practice.
The term describes attitudes, policies, or movements that actively work against religion rather than simply lacking belief: antireligious propaganda, the regime's antireligious campaigns.
It carries stronger connotations than nonreligious or irreligious, implying active opposition rather than mere absence.
Rejection of deities
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- antitheismActive opposition to deity belief
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- nonbeliefLack of religious faith
godlessness · humanism · freethought · materialism · naturalism · rationalism · agnosticism · disbelief
Irreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
profanity · irreverence · desecration · mockery · ridicule · denunciation · impiety · defamation
Active resistance or dissent
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
defiance · rebellion · rejection · intolerance · persecution · suppression · prohibition · censorship
atheism
Rejection of deities
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- antitheismActive opposition to deity belief
- irreligionAbsence of faith
nonbelief · godlessness · humanism · freethought · materialism · naturalism · rationalism · agnosticism · disbelief · unbelief
blasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
apostasy · profanity · irreverence · desecration · mockery · ridicule · denunciation · impiety · defamation · subversion
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- militancyCombative advocacy stance
resistance · defiance · rebellion · rejection · intolerance · persecution · suppression · prohibition · censorship · repression
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
religion, religious, religiously, nonreligious, irreligious, religiosity, unreligious