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impiety

/im-pahy-i-tee/US // ɪmˈpaɪ ɪ ti //UK // (ɪmˈpaɪɪtɪ) //

不道德的行为,不虔诚,冒失鬼,不孝

Related Words

blasphemy亵渎神明,亵渎,渎神,亵渎罪profanity脏话,亵渎,辱骂,亵渎的话irreverence不敬,不尊重,不敬业,不恭敬heresy异端邪说,异端,异教,妖言惑众godlessness无神论,无神,无神性,不敬神iniquity不义之财,邪恶,邪恶之处,恶行sacrilege亵渎神明,亵渎神明罪,亵渎神灵,亵渎神明行为wrong错误的,错,错的,错了injustice不公正,不公平,不公,不正义error错误,误差,错,差错sin罪,罪恶,罪过,罪孽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural im·pi·e·ties.

    • : lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
    • : lack of dutifulness or respect.
    • : an impious act, practice, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounungodliness
Synonyms
blasphemy亵渎神明,亵渎,渎神,亵渎罪godlessness无神论,无神,无神性,不敬神heresy异端邪说,异端,异教,妖言惑众irreverence不敬,不尊重,不敬业,不恭敬profanity脏话,亵渎,辱骂,亵渎的话
nounan impious act
Synonyms
error错误,误差,错,差错iniquity不义之财,邪恶,邪恶之处,恶行injustice不公正,不公平,不公,不正义sacrilege亵渎神明,亵渎神明罪,亵渎神灵,亵渎神明行为sin罪,罪恶,罪过,罪孽wrong错误的,错,错的,错了

Examples

  • Athenian officials charged him with impiety, convicted him and sentenced him, by some accounts to death, by others just to prison.

  • P.S. Bertrand Russell uses the word “impiety” in relation to luniks and further attempts and he is right.

  • And to them and to their base, Obama is the biggest infidel of all and Obamacare the greatest impiety.

  • Already Galileo began to encounter vulgar indignation which accused him of impiety.

  • The Stoics rebuke the impiety which is blended with sensualism, and place their hopes on virtue.

  • One of the ceremonies of this insane time stands unrivalled for absurdity, combined with impiety.

  • Some one, horrified at the impiety, said to him: "Art thou not keeping a fast?"

  • All must die—the great and the small: and the wish to live is an impiety.

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