Definition of SECULARISM

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

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Bangladesh, founded as a secular state, is facing a battle between secularism and Islamization, between culture and religion. — Jennifer Chowdhury, Marie Claire, "Why Ilhan Omar's Victory Speech Starting With an Islamic Greeting Is So Important," 9 Nov. 2018 In all, the collection of essays is at once challenging and lyrical, and portrays a nuanced, complicated look at faith, secularism, and evangelical culture in 2018. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "How Christianity can be an “alternative” to consumerism," 9 Oct. 2018 Originally elected on a moderate platform, Jokowi last week chose a conservative cleric, Ma'ruf Amin, who rails against secularism, liberalism, homosexuality and minority religions as his running mate in the presidential election set for April. — Fox News, "Indonesian president urges tolerance in annual speech," 16 Aug. 2018 According to a Google Books synopsis, Judge argues in the book that the problem with Catholic schools is that there’s not enough religion and too much secularism. — Emily Bloch, Teen Vogue, "Who Is Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh's High School Drinking Buddy?," 2 Oct. 2018 In a bold speech delivered at the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Summit, Sessions characterized the task force as a necessary step in facing down the prevailing forces of secularism. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "Jeff Sessions announces a religious liberty task force to combat “dangerous” secularism," 31 July 2018 But others have defended it as a necessary measure to ensure Quebec’s vaunted secularism and way of life. — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, "Don’t Burn Women: Warning to Immigrants Looms Over a Quebec Village," 12 Apr. 2018 Erdogan's main opponent in the presidential race is Muharrem Ince of the Republican People's Party, a centrist party once associated with decades of stifling secularism as well as the repression of ethnic minorities carried out by the Turkish state. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "The quest to defeat Erdogan," 19 June 2018 In his view Islamic fundamentalism was at war with both secularism and modernism, as embodied by the West. — Douglas Martin, BostonGlobe.com, "Bernard Lewis, 101, influential scholar of Islam," 22 May 2018

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