- lack of reverence; disrespect
- an act or statement showing this
- the condition of not being treated with reverence
Origin of irreverence
Middle English from Classical Latin irreverentia
noun
The definition of irreverence is disrepect.
An example of irreverence is bashing someone's religious beliefs.
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irreverence
noun
- Lack of reverence or due respect.
- A disrespectful act or remark.
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Noun
- The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
Origin
See also: irrévérenceFrom Old French irreverence, from Latin irreverentia
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Sentence Examples
- This makes a great gag gift for the guy who appreciates irreverence.
- The park will be broken down into "rock environs," each one highlighting the music industry's legends, lifestyles, culture and irreverence.
- The charges it occasioned of profanity and irreverence were natural, but groundless.
- (2) Nor can it be said that the rubric just referred to is in itself a condemnation of reservation: it is rather directed, as its history proves, against the irreverence which prevailed when it was made; and in fact its wording is based upon that of a pre-Reformation order which coexisted with the practice of reservation (Lyndwood, Provinciale, lib.
- Noah was the first to cultivate the vine and to experience the consequences of over-indulgence in its products, an occasion which called forth the filial respect of two of his sons and the irreverence of the third.
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