Antireligion: Difference between revisions

{{see also|Religious discrimination|Antitheism}}  

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'''Antireligion''' is opposition to [[religion]] of any kind.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anti-religion|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-religion|website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary|publisher=Merriam-Webster Online|accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Antireligion|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/antireligion|website=Collins Dictionary|publisher=Collins Dictionary Online|accessdate=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Bullivant|first1=Stephen|last2=Lee|first2=Lois|title=A Dictionary of Atheism|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780191816819}}</ref> The term has been used to describe opposition to [[organized religion]], [[religious ritual|religious practices]] or [[religious institutions]]. This term has also been used to describe opposition to specific forms of supernatural worship or practice, whether organized [[spiritual but not religious|or not]]. Opposition to religion also goes beyond the [[Misotheism|misotheistic]] spectrum. As such it is distinct from deity-specific positions such as [[atheism]] (the absence of a belief in deities) and [[antitheism]] (an opposition to belief in deities), although "antireligionists" may also be atheists or antitheists.