unchristian

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/ (UK)
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/ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/ (UK) · /ʌnˈkɹɪstɪən/ (UK) · /ʌnˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/

Definition of unchristian

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Not of the Christian faith.
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adj

  1. Not of the Christian faith.
  2. Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.
    “I hope I may never again be in a state of mind so unchristian as the mental frame in which I lived for some weeks, respecting the memory of Master B. [His bell rang] two nights out of three, until I conceived the happy idea of twisting Master B.‘s neck […]”
    “Arius […] eventually died obscurely, reputedly as the result of an acute attack of dysentery in a latrine in Constantinople, which circumstance afforded his enemies some unchristian pleasure, and was eventually commemorated with exemplary lack of charity in the Orthodox liturgy.”

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Etymology

Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.

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