as in atheistical
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
a sacrilegious, obscene joke—and told in church at that!
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Recent Examples of sacrilegious
Eisenman’s Jewish perspective is most obvious in her work of the ’90s, which approaches religious material in a way that can only be called sacrilegious.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Despite feeling borderline sacrilegious, the open-air bar feels typically Niçois; the space is framed by potted olive trees and lit by twinkling fairy lights, with sweet little corners filled with candles and comfortable seating, and a chess board that is often the center of attention.
—Chloé Braithwaite, New York Times, 25 July 2024
Eric Radack, Santa Fe, N.M. As a 27-year-old gay man and a proud liberal, the thought of supporting Donald Trump feels almost sacrilegious.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
Griswold—whose father, once the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, consecrated the denomination’s first openly gay bishop—treats the pastors generously, though gingerly, constructing from their lowest moments an affecting study of sacred life in sacrilegious times.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
Despite feeling borderline sacrilegious, the open-air bar feels typically Niçois; the space is framed by potted olive trees and lit by twinkling fairy lights, with sweet little corners filled with candles and comfortable seating, and a chess board that is often the center of attention.
—Chloé Braithwaite, New York Times, 25 July 2024
Eric Radack, Santa Fe, N.M. As a 27-year-old gay man and a proud liberal, the thought of supporting Donald Trump feels almost sacrilegious.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
Griswold—whose father, once the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, consecrated the denomination’s first openly gay bishop—treats the pastors generously, though gingerly, constructing from their lowest moments an affecting study of sacred life in sacrilegious times.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrilegious
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Rushdie’s fourth fictional novel ran into a global controversy shortly after its publication in September 1988, as some Muslims saw passages about Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous.Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Many Muslims consider depictions of prophets to be blasphemous.Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
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Paul Smith, on the other hand, is known for his irreverent creativity—bold stripes, playful details, and a knack for turning the unexpected into the extraordinary.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Deadline told you first that Lopez was set to continue her mass-appealing movie streak with the streamer on this irreverent comedy project that 2x Ted Lasso Emmy winning Goldstein co-wrote with Joe Kelly.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Separated a documentary film directed by Errol Morris Adam Kirsch In Search of Fullness In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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The analysts said electricity demand is entering an era of secular growth driven by electrical infrastructure investments over the coming years.Paulina Likos, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
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Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Sacrilegious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrilegious. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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