The meaning of Impious

noun

A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of god.

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Although not all skeptics are agnostics, as an agnostic himself dr groves sees no evidence for acce…

adjective

Relating to agnostics or agnosticism.

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So that wrestling is characteristic of my religious or agnostic poetry, but not necessarily everyth…

noun

Someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not god exists

noun

A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

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After fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith

adjective

Abandoning a religious or political belief or principle.

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An apostate roman catholic

noun

Someone who has given up their religion or left a political party

adjective

Disbelieving or lacking belief in the existence of god.

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Some were preoccupied with god, others were atheistic to the core

noun

Someone who believes that god does not exist

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Atheistic books and articles

adjective

Sacrilegious against god or sacred things; profane.

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Blasphemous and heretical talk

adjective

(of speech or writing) showing lack of respect to god or to a religion

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Some people believe such art is blasphemous., his writing has been condemned for blasphemy.

adjective

Showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite.

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A deeply disrespectful attitude towards women

adjective

Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner.

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Her faithless lover

adjective

Not loyal and not able to be trusted

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A faithless husband

adjective

Not believing in god.

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A sceptical, godless society

adjective

Not showing belief in, or respect for, god

noun

A person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a christian, jew, or muslim) as regarded by those who do.

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My brother and i were raised, as my grandma puts it, as heathens

adjective

Relating to heathens.

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Heathen practices

adjective

(used, esp. in the past, of people or their way of life, activities, and ideas) having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not christianity, judaism, or islam

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Those folks are heathens.

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

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Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Indifferent or hostile to religion, or having no religious beliefs.

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An irreligious man

adjective

Not religious, or having no interest in religion

adjective

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

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He had an irreverent sense of humour but could always be counted on for sage advice

adjective

Lacking the expected respect for official, important, or holy things

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The television program takes an irreverent look at the medical profession.

idiom

If two people are non-speakers or are on non-speakers, they do not talk to each other because they have had an argument

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This usually inseparable pair now appear to be non-speakers., she is still on non-speakers with me …

adjective

Not believing in a god or gods

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Even in a nontheistic religion such as buddhism, prayer is still very significant., as a nontheisti…

noun

(especially in historical contexts) a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main or recognized religions.

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The incoming germanic peoples were pagans

adjective

A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.

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A muslim majority had to live in close proximity to large communities of christians and pagans

adjective

Belonging to or used in a religion that worships many gods

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Those altars were used in pagan worship.

adjective

Not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.

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A talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane

verb

Treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect.

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It was a serious matter to profane a tomb

adjective

(esp. of words) offensive because of not respecting religion, or offensive because of being rude

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Profane language, his letter is too profane to print, but it is very funny, too.

adjective

Involving or committing sacrilege.

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A sacrilegious act

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

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Sinful men

adjective

Irreligious or immoral.

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Ungodly lives of lust and pleasure

adjective

Extreme or unacceptable

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I had to get up at some ungodly hour in the morning to take her to the airport.

adjective

Sinful; wicked.

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A father killing his son is an act against nature—unholy and loathsome

adjective

Used to describe a combination of things when it is very bad, harmful, or unpleasant

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Religious fanatics have formed an unholy alliance with right wing groups., an unholy mess/row/noise…

adjective

Not righteous; wicked.

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Vicious and unrighteous passions

adjective

Not morally correct

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How can we tell what are righteous and what are unrighteous things?, they believe that for man to b…