Antireligion

This article is about opposition to religion. For discrimination, see Religious discrimination.
"War on religion" redirects here. For religious conflict, see Religious war.
Not to be confused with Theophobia.
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Antireligion is opposition to religion or traditional religious beliefs and practices.[1][2][3] It involves opposition to organized religion, religious practices or religious institutions. The term antireligion has also been used to describe opposition to specific forms of supernatural worship or practice, whether organized or not. The Soviet Union adopted the political ideology of Marxism–Leninism and by extension the policy of state atheism which opposed the growth of religions.

Antireligion is distinct from deity-specific positions such as atheism (the lack of belief in deities) and antitheism (an opposition to belief in deities); although "antireligionists" may also be atheists or antitheists.

  1. ^ "Anti-religion". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Antireligion". Collins Dictionary. Collins Dictionary Online. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  3. ^ Bullivant, Stephen; Lee, Lois (2016). A Dictionary of Atheism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191816819.