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irreverence
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun irreverence has 2 senses
- irreverence(n = noun.cognition) Array - an irreverent mental attitude; Array is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
- irreverence(n = noun.act) violation - a disrespectful act; Array is a kind of evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness
has particulars: profaneness
Derived form adjective irreverent3
Antonym: reverence
has particulars: blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilege
Derived form adjective irreverent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
irreverence, n. [L. irreverentia: cf. F. irrévérence.].
The state or quality of being irreverent; lack of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
irreverence
apostasy, atheism, backsliding, desertion, discourtesy, disesteem, dishonor, disparagement, disrespect, disrespectfulness, fall from grace, impiety, impiousness, impudence, insolence, irreligion, lack of respect, lapse, lapse from grace, recidivism, recreancy, ridicule, undutifulnessROGET THESAURUS
irreverence
Impiety
N impiety, sin, irreverence, profaneness, profanity, profanation, blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege, scoffing, hypocrisy, pietism, cant, pious fraud, lip devotion, lip service, lip reverence, misdevotion, formalism, austerity, sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, pharisaism, precisianism, sabbatism, sabbatarianism, odium theologicum, sacerdotalism, bigotry blue laws, hardening, backsliding, declension, perversion, reprobation, sinner, scoffer, blasphemer, sacrilegist, sabbath breaker, worldling, hypocrite, Tartufe, Mawworm, bigot, saint, Pharisee, sabbatarian, formalist, methodist, puritan, pietist, precisian, religionist, devotee, ranter, fanatic, juramentado, the wicked, the evil, the unjust, the reprobate, sons of men, sons of Belial, the wicked one, children of darkness, impious, irreligious, desecrating, profane, irreverent, sacrilegious, blasphemous, un-hallowed, un-sanctified, un-regenerate, hardened, perverted, reprobate, hypocritical, canting, pietistical, sanctimonious, unctuous, pharisaical, overrighteous, righteous over much, bigoted, fanatical, priest-ridden, under the mask of religion, under the cloak of religion, under the pretense of religion, under the form of religion, under the guise of religion, giovane santo diavolo vecchio.
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