nonreligion

Examples

• All

• In fact, Supreme Court judge Hugo Black said about this topic, "Government must be neutral among religions and nonreligion: it cannot promote, endorse, or fund religion or religious institutions."

  Blog text (5)

• It also proscribes state action supporting the establishment of a number of religions, as well as the official endorsement of religion in preference to nonreligion.

  Academic text (1995)

• Whether the government may favor religion over nonreligion will likely prove to be a further area of tension in purpose analysis.

  Academic text (2009)

• Professor Andrew Koppelman makes a case that the Constitution permits the government to favor religion over nonreligion and defines religion broadly to include atheism, agnosticism, and non-theistic religions such as Buddhism.

  Academic text (2009)

• Many people identify with nonreligion as a belief system that opposes the influence of faith in public life.

• Advocates for nonreligion argue that religious values should not dictate government policies.

Synonyms

U

unbelief

vsnonreligion

6 7.5

Not accepting religious ideas about gods

is a public or political opposition stance rather than private personal disbelief

I

irreligion

vsnonreligion

1 9.5

Not following or believing in any religion

is an active campaign to exclude religion from public life rather than private lack

N

nonbelief

vsnonreligion

1 6.7

A lack of belief in God or other religious ideas

is a stance that actively seeks to remove religion from public life

A

antitheism

vsnonreligion

• Formal

9.4

A belief that religion should be opposed

is a broad public stance against religion rather than a formal doctrine opposing gods

A

antireligiousness

vsnonreligion

9.6

A feeling or belief against religion

is focused on rejecting religion publicly as a civic or political stance

I

irreligiosity

vsnonreligion

9.5

A lack of religious belief or practice

is an active rejection and exclusion of religion rather than mere indifference

U

unfaith

vsnonreligion

• Archaic

9.9

Lack of belief in religious or moral ideas

is about public opposition and exclusion rather than a personal lack of faith

I

irreligiousness

vsnonreligion

9.3

The state of not believing in God or following a religion

is a belief that religion should be rejected and excluded in public life

Antonyms

R

religion

∞ 2.0

A set of beliefs and practices about a god or gods, often with worship and rules

How Religious

religion

∞ 2.0

secularism

16 6.8

nonreligion

8.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology