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What does irreverence mean?

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Noun
  1. The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
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However, this apparent irreverence toward the subject, an irreverence that is sometimes self-directed, is only Struth's lightness of being.
Goud has always exhibited a devilish irreverence for hierarchies, whether in art or in life.
A mixture of anger, anti-establishment irreverence and workers' solidarity is documented by the 145 banners collected by the City of Edinburgh.
John is old and waiting to die but the prospect of death hasn't dulled his appetite for invective or his irreverence for the great and the good.
There is a bit of sarcasm too that leavens the portrayal at times but it never veers to irreverence.
She speaks of God or the gods with a delightful irreverence that never approaches blasphemy.

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