Impiousness (Noun)
Meaning
Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The people of the land were accused of impiousness for rejecting the ancient deity that their ancestors once worshipped.
- Her public rejection of the church's teachings was seen as a brazen display of impiousness that would bring ruin to her family's reputation.
- In ancient times, the Greeks viewed hubris as a form of impiousness that invited divine retribution and suffering.
- The sacred text warns against the impiousness of taking the lord's name in vain, threatening eternal punishment for those who commit this grave offense.
- As a critic of theocracy, she was seen by some as an agent of impiousness, threatening to upend the very fabric of the sacred social order.