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Definition of Secularism
1. Noun. A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations.
Derivative terms: Secularist
Definition of Secularism
1. n. The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
Definition of Secularism
1. Noun. A position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions ¹
2. Noun. The related political belief in the separation of church and state ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secularism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Secularism
Literary usage of Secularism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"On the other hand, Holyoake affirmed that "secularism is not an argument against
... secularism does not say there is no light or guidance elsewhere, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"secularism does not say there is no light or guidance elsewhere, ... To the
criticism of theology, secularism adds a great concern for culture, ..."
3. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1902)
"secularism. Question. Colonel, what is your opinion of secularism ? ... I understand
that the word secularism embraces everything that is of any real ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"secularism commences by laying down the proposition that intelligent ...
secularism takes the term Free Thought as expressing the central idea which it ..."
5. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"secularism. Question. Colonel, what is your opinion of secularism ? ... I understand
that the word secularism embraces everything that is of any real ..."
6. Anti-theistic Theories: Being the Baird Lecture for 1877 by Robert Flint (1894)
"Now I wish to speak of secularism. These two theories are nearly related in ...
And yet it would be an error to represent secularism as historically an ..."
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