irreligion

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Irreligion, dissoluteness, and pessimism—supposed naturally to go together—could never prosper; they were incompatible with efficiency.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George

Irreligion is hardly a worse evil in a family than favoritism.

From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore

An Introductory Address, intended as a Defence of the Medical Profession against the charge of Irreligion and Infidelity; with Thoughts on the Truth and Importance of Natural Religion.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Irreligion -- N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness &c. adj.; laxity, quietism. skepticism, doubt; unbelief, disbelief; incredulity, incredulousness &c. adj.†; want of faith, want of belief; pyrrhonism; bout &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

But he adds nothing to the discussion unless it be the coupling of the disbelief in witchcraft with the "Atheisme and Irreligion that overflows the land."

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace