secularism
- secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.
Origin of secularism
Examples from the Web for secularist
Contemporary Examples of secularist
Moussa, a liberal and a secularist, is the current frontrunner, but he is struggling to shed his ties to the former regime.
Historical Examples of secularist
The secularist is one in whom the intellect is passionate, and the passions cold.
The Necessity of AtheismDr. D.M. Brooks
Some of them were among the Secularist speakers you and I heard at the club in April.
Robert ElsmereMrs. Humphry Ward
Is he not a secularist, who has lectured at the Hall of Science?
The Big Bow MysteryI. Zangwill
Just to the extent that a man knows, he becomes a Secularist.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
This is the only sense in which a Secularist would employ the term.
English SecularismGeorge Jacob Holyoake
secularism
- philosophy a doctrine that rejects religion, esp in ethics
- the attitude that religion should have no place in civil affairs
- the state of being secular
Word Origin and History for secularist
1846, "one who theoretically rejects and ignores all forms of religion based on revelation;" see secularism + -ist. From 1851 as "one who maintains that public education and civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element." Related: Secularistic.