Other Words from secularism

secularist \ ˈse-kyə-lə-rist

\ noun

secularist or less commonly secularistic \ ˌse-kyə-lə-ˈri-stik

\ adjective

Examples of secularism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Del Noce indicts the sweeping changes of secularism, eroticism, and relativism as the inevitable outcomes of Marx’s dialectical victory over religious and liberal foes. — Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 This sort of anxiety isn’t new—the history of modern-day Orthodoxy is one long chain of reactions to outside influences, whether dominant religious cultures or secularism. — Avital Chizhik-goldschmidt, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022 For them, libertarianism is synonymous with the laissez-faire approach to economics and morality that dominates Washington, D.C., and has permitted the twin cancers of hyper-individualism and secularism to metastasize through the culture. — Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021 Seeing an opportunity to ride a wave of discontent, politicians have pushed measures instrumentalizing the once liberal concept of laïcité (France's form of secularism), including banning full-face coverings and burkinis in public spaces. — Rim-sarah Alouane, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022 On the other hand, European-style secularism is unlikely to take hold any time soon. — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 23 Mar. 2022 So conservative religion is up and secularism is up, and there’s not a whole lot left in the middle. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Mar. 2022 Local police released few details in the incident’s immediate aftermath, but news of Maire’s death quickly reverberated around the nation, which prizes its secularism — or laïcité — but remains predominantly Catholic. — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021 Several people who marched on the Capitol described the day as a kind of Trumpian Fort Sumter — part of a life-or-death fight against socialism, anti-Christian secularism and the tyranny of President Biden’s masking and vaccine mandates. — New York Times, 23 Jan. 2022 See More

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