Thesaurus / irreverence
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While most franchises court reverence and emphasize their cultural Importance, one would think that Ghostbusters’ devout irreverence would preclude audiences from developing such a preciousness toward it.
THE SEXIST TROLLING THAT LED TO A NEW, UNDERWHELMING ‘GHOSTBUSTERS’LAURA BRADLEYNOVEMBER 19, 2021THE DAILY BEASTIn the same spirit of irreverence, this viral TikTok trend was sparked by a fan unbeknownst to the network.
THREE WAYS BRANDS ARE TAPPING INTO THE FAN PSYCHE TO CULTIVATE CONNECTIONWARNERMEDIAOCTOBER 21, 2021DIGIDAYWith trademark irreverence, Woolly Mammoth has returned to the stage with a play full of characters who are anything but stock.
ALBERT EINSTEIN AND MARIAN ANDERSON WERE GOOD FRIENDS. BUT A NEW PLAY AT FORD’S THEATRE ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE.PETER MARKSOCTOBER 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFrom there — and there, and there — Bob Baffert took his irreverence to the reverent places of horse racing, sprinkling spice upon the staid.
BOB BAFFERT, LONG HORSE RACING’S IRREVERENT KING, SITS ON A PRECARIOUS THRONECHUCK CULPEPPER, GUS GARCIA-ROBERTSMAY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBy the same token that Substack is proving highly remunerative for certain journalists on staff and the Deadspin pedigree should attract subscribers who miss the old site’s irreverence and coverage of both sports and politics.
‘ALL TAKING A CHANCE ON EACH OTHER’: JASPER WANG ON DEFECTOR MEDIA’S COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP STRUCTUREPIERRE BIENAIMÉSEPTEMBER 29, 2020DIGIDAYI have been accused of showing irreverence towards these barbarous kings and priests.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDAnd the English people do not share with us—I say it to their credit—our universal irreverence for what is solemn and sacred.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PLAYBRONSON HOWARDBut, twenty feet from the door, the spirit of irreverence overtook him.
THE VARMINTOWEN JOHNSONThey think "Irreverence for the dreams of youth" always comes from "the hardening of the heart."
GIRLS AND WOMENHARRIET E. PAINE (AKA E. CHESTER}We treat God with irreverence by banishing him from our thoughts, not by referring to his will on slight occasions.
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOODWORDS RELATED TO IRREVERENCE
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- affectation
- bad faith
- bigotry
- cant
- casuistry
- deceit
- deception
- dishonesty
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- duplicity
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- mockery
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- pietism
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- unctuousness
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