Secularist Definition & Meaning

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 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 Zemmour has made a name for himself as the author of a long list of essays and books railing against the European Union and arguing that France is in the process of committing national suicide by embracing secularism and immigration. — Damon Linker, The Week, 7 July 2021 The government says it was needed to safeguard France from radical Islamists and to promote respect for secularism and women’s rights. — Barbara Surk, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022 By the postwar surge in religious observance, the main action before organized secularism was in the courts—and here a still greater irony was poised to overtake the movement. — Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2021 The pervasive secularism of our civilization has resulted in a complacency and willingness to passively endure life. — Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 See More

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