laicist
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laicist
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From laic + -ist.
adjective more laicist · most laicist
- Pertaining to or representing the interests of the laity; non-clerical; secular. Most of the European press (and, indeed, most European elites) talk as if Europe must be "laicist," which is the word they use for "aggressively secular," in the manner of the French Revolution. […] It was asked of Buttiglione, and in such an aggressive and unexpected way that many in Italy are sayi
noun laicists
- A supporter of laicism; a secularist. Thirty years later, with the connivance of the Parti Quebecois, the laicists proceeded to attack Catholic schools by means of the Proulx Report of 1999.
