post-Catholic
/ˌpəʊstˈkæθəlɪk/
post-Catholic adjective: pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.
Adjective
post-Catholic (comparative more post-Catholic, superlative most post-Catholic)
- Pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.
- It was predictable that this post-Catholic American-Lebanese writer would be highlighted from a Lebanese-Egyptian journal that had long pioneered pan-Arab national consciousness in Egypt.2001, Dennis Walker, “Catholic Lebanese Writers under the French Mandate: The Response to High Arabic Literature Penned Beyond Lebanon”, in The Harp. A Review of Syriac, Oriental, and Ecumenical...
- “The Left has a hard time admitting that the core of its message could go hand-in-hand with a coherent and politically mobilized group of voters who are Catholic or post-Catholic,” Wojciech Przybylski of the Res Publica think-tank in Warsaw says.2021, Jo Harper, “3: Modern Poland’s Shifting Political Blocs”, in Our Man in Warszawa. How the West Misread Poland, Budapest: Central European University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 45
Noun
post-Catholic (plural post-Catholics)
- An advocate of a society with values postdating Catholicism.
- Like Hunt, I am a postCatholic, but it is difficult for me to define Christians as justice-seeking.1991, Carol Anne Douglas, “[Review of] Fierce Tenderness: A Feminist Theology of Friendship, Mary E. Hunt”, in Off Our Backs, volume 21, number 4, page 18b
Forms of post-Catholic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more post-Catholic |
| superlative | most post-Catholic |
| alternative form | postcatholic |
| alternative form | postCatholic |
| Noun | |
| plural | post-Catholics |
Origin of post-Catholic
From post- + Catholic.
Questions about post-Catholic
- What does post-Catholic mean?
- Post-Catholic means pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.
- What part of speech is post-Catholic?
- Post-Catholic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce post-Catholic?
- Post-Catholic is pronounced /ˌpəʊstˈkæθəlɪk/.
Words near post-Catholic in the dictionary
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