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SECULARISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does secularism mean?
• SECULARISM (noun)
The noun SECULARISM has 1 sense:
1. a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
Familiarity information: SECULARISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("secularism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
secularist (an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education)
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