secularism

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secularism

  • /ˈsɛkjʊləɹɪzəm/ UK
  • /ˈsɛkjələɹɪzəm/ Canada, US

noun secularisms

  1. countable, uncountable Neutrality towards all religions. state secularism
  2. countable, uncountable The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions. And I have further to say, that I believe as much as Mr. Bradlaugh, or any other man in the room, in freethought; and I invite every Secularist to break off from him for ever the shackles that bind him in the superstition of his Secularism.

Similar: laicity, statism

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Closest in meaning: secularity, laicism, secularisation, secular, secularization, religion, anti-sectarianism, indifferentism, positive neutrality, laicist, parareligion, secular progressivism, omnism, statism, neutralism, ethnosectarianism

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Similar: laicity, statism

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noun neutrality towards all religions

Españollaicidad, secularismo
한국어세속주의 sesokjuui
日本語世俗主義 sezokushugi
中文世俗主義 /世俗主义 shìsúzhǔyì
Portuguêslaicidade, secularismo
Françaislaïcité, sécularisme
DeutschSäkularismus, Laizität
Italianolaicità, secolarismo
Ελληνικάκοσμικισμός kosmikismós
Românălaicitate, secularism
Русскийсекуляри́зм sekuljarízm
Tiếng Việtchủ nghĩa thế tục, thế tục chủ nghĩa
العربيةعَلْمَانِيَّة ʕalmāniyya, لَائِكِيَّة lāʔikiyya, دهرانية

noun the political belief in the separation of church and state

Españollaicismo
中文政教分離 /政教分离 zhèngjiào fēnlí
Françaislaïcisme

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@misc{secularism_2026,
  title = {secularism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secularism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}