secularism
UK/ˈsɛkjʊləɹɪzəm//ˈsɛkjələɹɪzəm/
secularism noun: neutrality towards all religions.
Noun
secularism (countable and uncountable, plural secularisms)
- Neutrality towards all religions.
- state secularism
- The ancient quarians practiced ancestor worship. Even after abandoning faith for secularism, quarians continued to revere the wisdom of elders.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Religion Codex entry
- The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions.
- And I have further to say, that I believe as much as Mr. Bradlaugh, or any other man in the room, in freethought; and I invite every Secularist to break off from him for ever the shackles that bind him in the superstition of his Secularism.1870, Secularism. Report of a public discussion between the Rev. Alexander J. Harrison and Mr. Charles Bradlaugh held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Sept. 13 & 14, 1870, page 72
secularism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
secularism in Hindi
- secularism
- धर्मनिरपेक्षता dharmnirpekṣtā
secularism in Tamil
- சமயச் சார்பிலாக் கோட்பாடு, மதச் சார்பிலாக் கோட்பாடு, மதச்சார்பின்மை
secularism in Marathi
- secularism
- धर्मनिरपेक्षता dharmanirapekṣatā
secularism in Urdu
- neutrality towards all religions
- علمانیت almāniyat, سیکیولرزم, سیکولرزم, گیتی گرائی gētī garāī, دنیا گرائی duniyā garāī, دنیاویت dunyāvīyat
More languagesFewer languages
- secularism in Bengali
- সকল ধর্মের প্রতি নিরপেক্ষতা, ধর্মনিরপেক্ষতাবাদ
- secularism in Malayalam
- മതേതരത്വം, മതനിരപേക്ഷത
- secularism in Arabic
- عَلْمَانِيَّة ʕalmāniyya, لَائِكِيَّة lāʔikiyya, دهرانية
- secularism in Malay
- sekularisme, faham sekularis, kedisinikinian
- secularism in Persian
- سکولاریسم
- secularism in Thai
- ฆราวาส ká-raa-wâat
- secularism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa thế tục, thế tục chủ nghĩa
Synonyms of secularism
Forms of secularism
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Origin of secularism
From secular + -ism.
Words formed from secularism
Questions about secularism
- What does secularism mean?
- Secularism means neutrality towards all religions.
- What is secularism in Hindi?
- Secularism in Hindi is धर्मनिरपेक्षता (dharmnirpekṣtā). See Secularism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is secularism?
- Secularism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce secularism?
- Secularism is pronounced /ˈsɛkjʊləɹɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of secularism?
- The plural of secularism is secularisms.
Words near secularism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: secularism (page history and authors); धर्मनिरपेक्षता (Hindi) (page history and authors); secularism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धर्मनिरपेक्षता (Marathi) (page history and authors); secularism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); secularism (Malayalam 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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