"impiety" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impieties [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɪti Etymology: From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|impieté}} Old French impieté, {{uder|en|la|impietas}} Latin impietas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} impiety (usually uncountable, plural impieties)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being impious. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (state of being impious): ungodliness Translations (the state of being impious): неблагочестивост (neblagočestivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), impiété [feminine] (French), Pietätlosigkeit [feminine] (German), ανοσιότητα (anosiótita) [feminine] (Greek), aindiagacht [feminine] (Irish), éagráifeacht [feminine] (Irish), bedieviškumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), impiedad [feminine] (Spanish), ogudaktighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impiety-en-noun-0Xis~4~l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ety, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 3 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ety: 83 4 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 84 4 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 3 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 73 12 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 84 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 84 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 84 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 1 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 6 8 Disambiguation of 'state of being impious': 94 6 0 Disambiguation of 'the state of being impious': 95 5 0
  2. (countable) An impious act. Tags: countable, usually Translations (an impious act): ἀσέβημα (asébēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), Pietätlosigkeit [feminine] (German), ανοσιότητα (anosiótita) [feminine] (Greek), impiedad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-impiety-en-noun-nO6mvsVL Disambiguation of 'an impious act': 10 90 0
  3. (uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (lack of respect): disrespect, disregard (english: more general) Translations (lack of respect for a god or something sacred): безбожие (bezbožie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), aindiagacht [feminine] (Irish), éagráifeacht [feminine] (Irish), нечестивость (nečestivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), непочтительность (nepočtitelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), impiedad [feminine] (Spanish), hänsynslöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), obarmhärtighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impiety-en-noun-O0g6taU4 Disambiguation of 'lack of respect': 1 1 98 Disambiguation of 'lack of respect for a god or something sacred': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (impious behavior): ungodliness
Disambiguation of 'impious behavior': 49 48 3

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nečestivostʹ",
      "sense": "lack of respect for a god or something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нечестивость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepočtitelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "lack of respect for a god or something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непочтительность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack of respect for a god or something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impiedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lack of respect for a god or something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hänsynslöshet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lack of respect for a god or something sacred",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "obarmhärtighet"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "impiety"
  ],
  "word": "impiety"
}

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