unchristianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ʌnˈkɹɪstʃən/, /ʌnˈkɹɪstɪən/
• (General American) IPA: /ʌnˈkɹɪst͡ʃən/
• 韻: -ɪstʃən

形容詞

unchristian (comparative more unchristian, superlative most unchristian)

1. Not of the Christian faith.
2. Not in accord with Christian principles; without Christian spirit; unbefitting a Christian.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:

     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 […]

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 215:

     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.

使用する際の注意点

• unchristian is much more common than un-Christian. GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.

関連する語

• unchristianlike

参照

Further reading

• “unchristian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “unchristian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

形容詞

un-Christian (comparative more un-Christian, superlative most un-Christian)

1. Alternative spelling of unchristian
   • 2011, Dan Walsh, chapter 24, in The Deepest Waters: A Novel, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, →ISBN, page 125:

     “Mrs. Foster, keeping slaves is not un-Christian. In fact, the Bible teaches it is perfectly fine, long as you treat them with respect.” / “You think the Bible says it’s fine for one man to enslave another?”

派生語