irreverence
noun
ir·rev·er·ence
i-ˈre-v(ə-)rən(t)s 
ˌi(r)-,
-ˈre-vərn(t)s
1
: lack of reverence
2
: an irreverent act or utterance
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Examples of irreverence in a Sentence
the sect has no tolerance for any irreverence directed toward their spiritual leader
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Its homewares collection has the same irreverence — pieces that flirt with the line between humor and high design.
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WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Its jokes are profound, its wisdom ridiculous, its irreverence wide-eyed and irresistible.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
King Kennedy Rugs owner Mikael Kennedy treats his inventory with a unique mixture of reverence and irreverence.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
Funk describes the group of Bay Area and Central Valley painters and ceramicists working in an idiosyncratic and blithely crude figurative Pop style that foregrounded humor and irreverence, and which overlapped with the somewhat more specific group of Nut artists.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Its jokes are profound, its wisdom ridiculous, its irreverence wide-eyed and irresistible.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
King Kennedy Rugs owner Mikael Kennedy treats his inventory with a unique mixture of reverence and irreverence.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
Funk describes the group of Bay Area and Central Valley painters and ceramicists working in an idiosyncratic and blithely crude figurative Pop style that foregrounded humor and irreverence, and which overlapped with the somewhat more specific group of Nut artists.
—Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Irreverence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreverence. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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