secularism

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Recent Examples of secularism In their study of gaming and education in the long nineteenth century, David Wallace Adams and Victor Edmonds called out a few contributing factors, with increasing secularism near the top of the list. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2025 Religious freedom is non-negotiable for President Donald Trump's base, who see it as under attack by secularism at home. Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 In the past, India’s commitment to secularism and democracy stood in sharp contrast to Pakistan’s religious orientation and military dictatorship. Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025 One of the things Catholic leaders tend to attribute this drop in attendance to is a broader trend of secularism. Maureen K. Day, The Conversation, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for secularism
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Noun
  • Taylor, the former county district attorney, said people viewed the Darrow statue as a symbol of atheism and anti-Christian beliefs.
    Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 12 July 2025
  • The Middletown native was raised nominally evangelical and explored atheism before converting to Catholicism in 2019 at St. Gertrude Priory, which is attached to a Dominican parish in Madeira, about 12 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • But the indirect benefits seem to reflect a posture against green energy, related to unbelief in climate change, and these lead to support for inefficient energy alternatives like nuclear and geothermal and gas-fired turbines.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • The historical abnormality of modern-day unbelief was a theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the years before, during, and after his pontificate.
    Katherine Howell, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023

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