secularism
noun
secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
secularistic
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a word derived from
secularism.
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a word derived from
secularist.
Example Sentences
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When John Paul held his first formal meeting with the Jesuit leadership in September 1979, he criticized its "secularistic tendencies."
From Time Magazine Archive
They share, too, the paradox of having come to power frankly religious men, in a Europe heavily influenced since the Age of Enlightenment by secularistic and often anti-religious political doctrine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The various state constitutions, while not so thoroughly and consistently secularistic as the fundamental document of the nation, in practically every instance contain a general provision guaranteeing religious liberty.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
There is an unction, a dreamy thrill about some of those descriptions of town and country churches in conventional England which would suggest that he had no secularistic aversion to these modest usages.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys
