secularity

American  

[sek-yuh-lar-i-tee] / ˌsɛk yəˈlær ɪ ti /

noun

plural

secularities

1. secular views or beliefs; secularism.

2. the state of being devoted to the affairs of the world; worldliness.

3. a secular matter.

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secularity British  

/ ˌsɛkjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or condition of being secular

2. interest in or adherence to secular things

3. a secular concern or matter

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Etymology

Origin of secularity

1350–1400; Middle English. See secular, -ity

Example Sentences

This latest controversy was triggered by government figures which show that in the last academic year there was a big increase in what are described as "breaches of secularity" in schools.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

“And that would be a tragedy, given the cultural importance and intense secularity of New York.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2023

“When religion is infusing these secular spaces, it troubles the concept of religion, but also troubles the strict secularity we’ve come to expect.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2021

The word comes into common usage around 1800, linked to social change – especially the secularity, alienation and competition produced by modernity.

From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2019

If anything further were needed, therefore, to indicate the secularity of this age, its substitutes for worship and its characteristic type of preaching would, in themselves, reveal the situation.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker