Opposed to or rejecting ritual practices and ceremonies.
From anti- (against) + ritual (from Latin 'ritualis'). Term emerged in religious reform movements and philosophical circles.
Protestant reformers were fiercely antiritual, stripping churches bare to get back to 'pure faith'—but people craved the beauty and meaning rituals provided, showing that humans seem hard-wired for ceremony!
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