: indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
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That's a 16-point jump in sort of secularism in the last 20 years.
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Among them was editor and publisher Gauri Lankesh, a vocal advocate of secularism and critic of right-wing political ideology.
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In the West, there is a long-running debate as to whether Shariah can coexist with secularism and democracy.
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Concurrently there was a radical desacralization of sacred spaces, a rise of secularism, and a collapse of metaphysical claims.
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Recent examples include a program in secular studies at Pitzer College, as well as the first academic journal on secularism and nonreligion, both launched in 2011.
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The Center for Inquiry, an organization that promotes secularism, suspended its association with Dr. Krauss on Monday.
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Turkey's government was once a bastion of secularism, enforcing measures that kept religion firmly out of public life.
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If so, the symbolism would be stark; the old airport is named after Ataturk, the country's founder venerated by moderate Turks for his modern, West-facing secularism.
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First Known Use of secularism
1851
SECULARISM Defined for English Language Learners
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: the belief that religion should not play a role in government, education, or other public parts of society
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