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Recent Examples of secularist
The agency that comes with a liberal secularist society does not account for the structure that religion once provided in meaning-making.
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secularist
Noun
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The result was a strong, broad showing that forced skeptics to take notice.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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On Wall Street, the bulls have the upper hand over the bears in the narrative, and that has paid off handsomely for investors, but there are skeptics.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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But that subgenre is far from the only religiously tinged music — created by everyone from devout evangelicals to open agnostics, from country artists to rappers — climbing the charts today; a number of pop songs are likewise courting the divine.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Kelson is a man of science and an atheist, but not without a touch of mysticism.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Gervais is famously an atheist and has received backlash for comments he’s made about the trans community.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Secularist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secularist. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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