anticlericalism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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With France’s increasing radicalism, anticlericalism, and disorder, it seemed obvious to Morse that the French Jacobins, the political faction that seized control of the nation in 1792, were simply Illuminati by another name.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2022
It combined nationalism with republicanism, anticlericalism, women’s suffrage, and social reform, much of which Fascists would soon jettison.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2017
It is about the rise of material refinement during the 18th century, about anticlericalism and the decline of superstition.
From Economist ● Nov. 26, 2015
His robust anticlericalism, and respect for the body, are the animating forces of the narrative.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2011
Perhaps he has lost first love and zeal, and sunk, he knows not how, into an indolent clericalism, or anticlericalism, of thought and habit.
From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
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