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anticlericalism

anticlericalism noun: the opposition to political influence of clerics.

Noun

anticlericalism (uncountable)

  1. The opposition to political influence of clerics.
    • But contacts of this kind between a senior politician of the Republic and the Catholic Church were matters of the greatest delicacy in pre-1914 France, where anticlericalism was the default setting of the political culture.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 310

anticlericalism meaning in Tagalog and Indonesian

anticlericalism in Tagalog

opposition to political influence of clerics
antiklerikalismo

anticlericalism in Indonesian

opposition to political influence of clerics
antiklerikalisme

Antonyms of anticlericalism

Forms of anticlericalism

alternative formanti-clericalism

Origin of anticlericalism

From anticlerical + -ism.

Questions about anticlericalism

What does anticlericalism mean?
Anticlericalism means the opposition to political influence of clerics.
What is anticlericalism in Tagalog?
Anticlericalism in Tagalog is antiklerikalismo. See Anticlericalism meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is anticlericalism?
Anticlericalism is a noun.

Words near anticlericalism in the dictionary

  1. anticlastogenicity
  2. Anticlea
  3. anticlergy
  4. anticleric
  5. anticlerical
  6. anticlericalism
  7. anticlericalist
  8. anticlericalists
  9. anticlericals
  10. anticlerics
  11. Anticlia

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