Impiety
[ɪm'paɪɪtɪ] or [ɪm'paɪəti]
Definition
(noun.) unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
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Definition
(n.) The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
(n.) An impious act; an act of wickednes.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Irreverence, ungodliness, irreligion, wickedness, unrighteousness, sinfulness, iniquity, unholiness, profanity.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PIETY]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Your irreverence toward my deity.
Editor: Pedro
Examples
- They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. Plato. The Republic.
- Will the just state or the just individual steal, lie, commit adultery, or be guilty of impiety to gods and men? Plato. The Republic.
- Of piety and impiety to gods and parents, and of murderers, there were retributions other and greater far which he described. Plato. The Republic.
- He wanders over Roman history, and over Greek philosophy and mythology, and finds everywhere crime, impiety and falsehood. Plato. The Republic.
- Nonsense, said Glaucon: did you not promise to search yourself, saying that for you not to help justice in her need would be an impiety? Plato. The Republic.
- Phidias was attacked for impiety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is madness: it is impiety. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And our professor of science would also have been in constant danger of a prosecution for impiety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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