anticlerical
anticlerical adjective: opposed to political influence of clerics.
Adjective
anticlerical (comparative more anticlerical, superlative most anticlerical)
- Opposed to political influence of clerics.
Noun
anticlerical (plural anticlericals)
- One who opposes the political influence of clerics.
- 'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.'1926, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Father Brown
anticlerical meaning in Tamil and Urdu
anticlerical in Tamil
- திருச்சபைப் பணியாளருக்கெதிரான கட்சியினர், திருச்சபைப் பணியாளருக்கெதிரான
anticlerical in Urdu
- کلیسائت دشمنانہ
Forms of anticlerical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more anticlerical |
| superlative | most anticlerical |
| Noun | |
| plural | anticlericals |
Origin of anticlerical
From anti- + clerical.
Words formed from anticlerical
Questions about anticlerical
- What does anticlerical mean?
- Anticlerical means opposed to political influence of clerics.
- What is anticlerical in Tamil?
- Anticlerical in Tamil is திருச்சபைப் பணியாளருக்கெதிரான கட்சியினர், திருச்சபைப் பணியாளருக்கெதிரான. See Anticlerical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anticlerical?
- Anticlerical can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near anticlerical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anticlerical (page history and authors); anticlerical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anticlerical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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