different between irreligion vs wickedness

English

Etymology

From French irréligion, from Latin irreligionem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????l?d??n/
• Rhymes: -?d??n

Noun

irreligion (usually uncountable, plural irreligions)

1. The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     Lucretius' irreligion is too strong, / For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food […]

   • 1967, Theodor R. Sizer, Nicholas Wolterstoff, Religion and Public Education (page 5)

     When we put this idea together with that of the other prescription, we see that what the two together demand is that, with respect to their religions and irreligions, all men shall stand before the government as equals.

Translations

See also

• unreligion

Middle French

Noun

irreligion f (plural irreligions)

1. irreligion

English

Etymology

From Middle English wickednes, wikkednes, wikkednesse, wikednesse, equivalent to wicked +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?k?dn?s/

Noun

wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)

1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 227d.

     We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.

2. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

Quotations

• And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Translations

References

• wickedness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• wickedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.