Profane (religion)
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Profane, or profanity in religious use may refer to a lack of respect for things that are held to be sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence, as well as behaviour showing similar disrespect or causing religious offense.[1] The word is also used in a neutral sense for things or people not related to the sacred; for example profane history, profane literature, etc.[2] In this sense it is contrasted with "sacred", with meaning similar to "secular".
The distinction between the sacred and the profane was considered by Émile Durkheim to be central to the social reality of human religion.[3]