godlessness
Absence of faith
Godlessness is the state of being without God or religious belief.
It can describe personal atheism or agnosticism: His godlessness troubled his devout mother.
More often it carries moral judgment, suggesting wickedness or depravity: the godlessness of modern society.
The word typically appears in religious or moralizing contexts.
Rejection of truth claims
- unbeliefLack of faith
- nonbeliefLack of religious faith
- freethinkingIntellectually independent reasoning
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
rationalism · secularism · materialism · naturalism · irreligion · skepticism · empiricism · infidel
Moral corruption or evil
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
sacrilege · blasphemy · impiety · irreverence · desecration · transgression · vice · iniquity
Lack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
critical thinking · rationalism · empiricism · agnosticism · uncertainty · scrutiny · investigation · debunking
Lack of significance
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- despairTotal absence of hope
hopelessness · absurdity · futility · existentialism · pessimism · cynicism · disillusionment · bleakness
disbelief
Rejection of truth claims
- unbeliefLack of faith
- nonbeliefLack of religious faith
- freethinkingIntellectually independent reasoning
humanism · rationalism · secularism · materialism · naturalism · irreligion · skepticism · empiricism · infidel · heathen
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
profanity · sacrilege · blasphemy · impiety · irreverence · desecration · transgression · vice · iniquity · ungodliness
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
freethought · critical thinking · rationalism · empiricism · agnosticism · uncertainty · scrutiny · investigation · debunking · evidence-based
meaninglessness
Lack of significance
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
despair · hopelessness · absurdity · futility · existentialism · pessimism · cynicism · disillusionment · bleakness · dread
- impietyungodliness, unholiness, irreverence, sacrilege, blasphemy
- religious skepticismatheism, agnosticism, freethought, irreligion, nonbelief
- freethoughtfreethought, free thought, free inquiry, rationality, critical thinking
- irreligionatheism, agnosticism, antitheism, freethought, secularism
- nonbeliefatheism, agnosticism, nonbelief, unbelief, disbelief
- old-fashioned complaintskids these days, back in my day, no respect, work ethic, moral decay
godlessnessgodliness
State of spiritual purity
piety · faith · devoutness · religiousness · theism
godlessnessholiness
Sacred spiritual purity
sanctity · righteousness · saintliness · blessedness · virtue
gods, godly, goddess, ungodly, godsend, godless, godfather, godmother, godliness