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blasphemy
noun as in irreverence
Example Sentences
According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
Since 1987, there have been roughly 1,300 cases filed under the blasphemy laws, according to varied reports.
Its blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty, is frequently invoked and just as frequently misused.
If you muttered, “blasphemy” after reading the first tip about skipping a snack, then snack smart.
Instead of writing slander and flat blasphemy, they propose to draw it, and not draw it mild.
That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people.
They looked on him, some about to stop their ears at his blasphemy; but one glance told it was no blasphemy, but bitter truth.
Was not this a blasphemy against the fatherly goodness of the Creator,—a base desertion of the cause of the disinherited?
It is a continental form of pleasantry, and an artistic experiment in blasphemy which is taken seriously by the unwise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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