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单词 secularism
释义

secularism

noun

sec·​u·​lar·​ism ˈse-kyə-lə-ˌri-zəm How to pronounce secularism (audio)
: indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
secularist
ˈse-kyə-lə-rist How to pronounce secularism (audio)
noun
secularist adjective
or less commonly secularistic
ˌse-kyə-lə-ˈri-stik How to pronounce secularism (audio)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web She was targeted for boldly advocating for women's rights, LGBT+ rights, secularism, democracy, and pluralism. Hande Atay Alam And Isil Sariyuce, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022 Conservative US Catholics, meanwhile, see themselves as holding the line against encroaching secularism and the dilution of Catholic identity into something more palatable to progressives yet less true to the faith. Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 Now, Tolkien’s religious allegory is cheapened into secularism, meant to appease today’s politically confused consumers, thus fitting the metaphor of fascist art that Sontag expounded upon in her 1975 thesis Fascinating Fascism. Armond White, National Review, 24 Aug. 2022 Strongly held French feelings about the equality of men and women, about secularism, and about its supposedly colorblind society lie behind the virulence of the discussion of these issues. New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022 And India itself, with its official secularism and three-colored flag (including saffron for Hindus and green for Muslims), was showing its fraying seams. Siva Vaidhyanathan, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2022 But 37 others — intellectuals who had gathered at the hotel to discuss ways of promoting secularism — died in the blaze. Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 The movement had prided itself on its resolute secularism, but longtermist dread recalled the verse in the Book of Revelation that warns of a time when the stars will fall from the sky like unripe figs. Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 The defeat of a conservative pro-Church party at the 1960 provincial elections and the victory of a progressive Liberal government empowered a new economic elite that pursued secularism, Béland said. Rob Gillies, ajc, 27 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

secularism

noun

as in atheism

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • atheism
  • unbelief
  • nonbelief
  • godlessness
  • agnosticism
  • know-nothingism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • religion
  • faith
  • cult
  • church
  • creed
  • persuasion
  • doctrine
  • theology
  • denomination
  • communion
  • sect
  • dogma
  • credo
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