secularist

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noun

sec·​u·​lar·​ist -rə̇st 

plural -s

: one who advocates secularism

the overemphasis by secularists on the scientific

—J. L. Teller

secularist

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adjective

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variants or secularistic

¦⸗⸗⸗¦ristik 

-tēk

: of, relating to, or advocating secularism

every philosophy of life is either religious or secularist

—Walter Moberly

the secularist basis of humanism

that we not transfer our loyalties to hidden secularist presuppositions

—J. A. Pike

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