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UNCHRISTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unchristian mean?
• UNCHRISTIAN (adjective)
The adjective UNCHRISTIAN has 1 sense:
1. not of a Christian faith
Familiarity information: UNCHRISTIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not of a Christian faith
Similar:
christless; nonchristian (not believing in Christ)
unchristianly; unchristlike (not becoming to or like a Christian)
Antonym:
christian (following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ)
Context examples
Not that St. John harboured a spirit of unchristian vindictiveness—not that he would have injured a hair of my head, if it had been fully in his power to do so.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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