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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 BEAST
In 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, 2021DIGIDAY
With 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 POST
From 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 POST
By 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, 2020DIGIDAY
I have been accused of showing irreverence towards these barbarous kings and priests.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
And 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 HOWARD
But, twenty feet from the door, the spirit of irreverence overtook him.
THE VARMINTOWEN JOHNSON
They 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 WOOD
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WORDS RELATED TO IRREVERENCE

  • boldness
  • coarseness
  • contempt
  • discourtesy
  • dishonor
  • flippancy
  • hardihood
  • impertinence
  • impiety
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incivility
  • insolence
  • insolency
  • insolentness
  • irreverence
  • lack of respect
  • sacrilege
  • unmannerliness
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