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Itasan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

areligious

Does 'areligious' mean 'without religion' or 'not interested in religion'?
I wonder if it's a common word.

Thank you.
  

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I don't believe I've seen areligious, although it seems like a logical thing to do, based on words like apolitical and amoral. I think nonreligious might be the word you are looking for.

  • I don't believe I've seen areligious, although it seems like a logical thing to do, based on words like apolitical and amoral.
  • I think nonreligious might be the word you are looking for.
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I don't believe I've seen areligious, although it seems like a logical thing to do, based on words like apolitical and amoral.

I think nonreligious might be the word you are looking for.
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Thank you very much, Barbara.
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Areligious means that one is indifferent to or not concerned with organised religion.
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a-religious


: noncommittal or professedly neutral concerning religious matters


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Thank you very much, everybody.
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ItasanDoes 'areligious' mean 'without religion' or 'not interested in religion'?
I wonder if it's a common word.

Thank you.
Thanks for this post! I always enjoy learning new words.
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Hi,

a-religious

: noncommittal or professedly neutral concerning religious matters


Sounds to me rather like an agnostic.

Best wishes, Clive
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Clive a-religious

: noncommittal or professedly neutral concerning religious matters
Sounds to me rather like an agnostic.
Not quite, IMO.
A-religious is more neutral.
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agnostic

: one who prof
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Hi,

How much more neutral can one get?Emotion: smile

Clive
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Clive:

As I see it:

a-religious/non-religious: totally indiferent

agnostic: professes doubt about the existence or knowability of a ***
affirms that *** can't be known

The agnostic is more militant in his attitude.
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Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis,
"knowledge", translating to unknowa

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