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secularism

[ sek-yuh-luh-riz-uhm ]

noun

  1. secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
  2. the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.


secularism

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noun

  1. philosophy a doctrine that rejects religion, esp in ethics
  2. the attitude that religion should have no place in civil affairs
  3. the state of being secular
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ˈ²õ±ð³¦³Ü±ô²¹°ù¾±²õ³Ù, nounadjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of secularism1

First recorded in 1850–55; secular + -ism
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He's also a big believer that "demons" are everywhere, invisibly pulling the strings wherever progressivism or secularism are advanced or protected.

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He recently joined a church run by Doug Wilson, a proud Christian nationalist who argues "secularism is a hollow construct" and should be replaced by a government-run according to the dictates of "evangelical Protestantism."

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Moral panics around secularism and job discrimination "are at the heart of this silent flight", Olivier Esteves, one of the authors of the report France, You Love It But You Leave It, tells the BBC.

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The proliferation of at-home DNA tests has ushered in a tidal wave of skeletons shaken from closets, while generational shifts — and rising secularism — have made things that were once life-ruiningly shameful exponentially less taboo.

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There were clothing concerns of a different type when the French team told its female Muslim athletes that, because of the country’s secularism laws, they could not wear hijab in competition.

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