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laïcité

laïcité noun: secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.

Noun

laïcité (usually uncountable, plural laïcités)

  1. (usually) Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.

Forms of laïcité

plurallaïcités
alternative formlaicity

Origin of laïcité

Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.

Questions about laïcité

What does laïcité mean?
Laïcité means secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.
What part of speech is laïcité?
Laïcité is a noun.
What is the plural of laïcité?
The plural of laïcité is laïcités.

Words near laïcité in the dictionary

  1. lazzaroni
  2. lazzi
  3. lazzo
  4. Laâyoune
  5. Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra
  6. laïcité
  7. laïcités
  8. Laḫamu
  9. Laḫmu
  10. lb
  11. LB trough

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