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Irreverence

Irreverence \Ir*rev"er*ence\, n. [L. irreverentia: cf. F. irr['e]v['e]rence.] The state or quality of being irreverent; lack of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
irreverence

mid-14c., from Latin irreverentia "want of reverence, disrespect," from irreverentem (nominative irreverens) "disrespectful, irreverent," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reverens, present participle of revereri "to stand in awe of" (see revere).

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irreverence

n. The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

WordNet
irreverence

  1. n. an irreverent mental attitude [ant: reverence]

  2. a disrespectful act [syn: violation]

Wikipedia
Irreverence

Irreverence is the first full length studio album by French electronic music group Dirtyphonics, released on March 3, 2013.

Usage examples of "irreverence".

But sometimes there is not such corruption as to alter the species, but merely disposition towards corruption, which a slight change in the savor betrays, and from such bread the body of Christ may be made: but he who does so, sins from irreverence towards the sacrament.

One of the most trying defects which I find in these Stratfordolaters, these Shakesperoids, these thugs, these bangalores, these troglodytes, these herumfrodites, these blatherskites, these buccaneers, these bandoleers, is their spirit of irreverence.

In the morning several persons came to condole with me, but I received their sympathy with great irreverence.

One of the most trying defects which I find in these Stratfordolaters, these Shakesperiods, these thugs, these bangalores, these troglodytes, these herumfrodites, these blatherskites, these buccaneers, these bandoleers, is their spirit of irreverence.

The sheet was printed at night, after the king had placed his initials to the copy. In the morning several persons came to condole with me, but I received their sympathy with great irreverence.

Lee, in a moment of irrelevant irreverence, wondered if it was because he was shaped like a big bass fiddle.

He couldn't forgive them their abuse of Trotsky and they were unhappy about his little irreverences, like making an ostentatious sign of the cross when Peltier mentioned Stalin.

He had arched eyebrows and a grooved face and flicked-up horns of black hair above his pointed ears, which he prinked with his little palms before the hall mirror as he took off his hat - so bright and comic that on a different occasion Ostrakova would have laughed out loud at all the life and humour and irreverence in him.