secularist
Americannoun
plural
secularistsadjective
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There are no political, religious or secularist orthodoxies or litmus tests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Step by step, he’s brought us to a very consequential and, speaking as a secularist, a very troubling point.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2024
However, media reports claimed the dispute was centered around players wearing jerseys featuring Turkey’s secularist founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and carrying a banner with his motto, “Peace at home, Peace in the world.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Fervent supporters saw it as just reward for a leader who put Islamic teachings at the core of public life in a country with strong secularist traditions and championed the pious working classes.
From Reuters • May 26, 2023
By and by Mr. Masterman and another well-known secularist walked in.
From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna
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