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secular religion

secular religion noun: a communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of religions, such as dogma, ideology, martyrdom for a cause, tribalism, demonization of outsiders, dichotomization of humans into the righteous versus the evildoers (good guys versus bad guys), and so on.

Noun

secular religion (plural secular religions)

  1. A communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of religions, such as dogma, ideology, martyrdom for a cause, tribalism, demonization of outsiders, dichotomization of humans into the righteous versus the evildoers (good guys versus bad guys), and so on.
    • Fascism and communism are often described as secular religions.
    • Her theory posits that secular religions will rush in to fill the cultural void left by the decline of religiosity.

Forms of secular religion

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Questions about secular religion

What does secular religion mean?
Secular religion means a communal belief system that omits or disregards supernatural or metaphysical elements (unlike religions) but shares most of the epistemic traits of religions, such as dogma, ideology, martyrdom for a cause, tribalism, demonization of outsiders, dichotomization of humans into the righteous versus the evildoers (good guys versus bad guys), and so on.
What part of speech is secular religion?
Secular religion is a noun.
What is the plural of secular religion?
The plural of secular religion is secular religions.

Words near secular religion in the dictionary

  1. secular clergy
  2. secular equilibria
  3. secular equilibrium
  4. secular equilibriums
  5. secular progressivism
  6. secular religion
  7. secular religions
  8. Secular Zionism
  9. secularisation
  10. secularisations
  11. secularise

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