: indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
secularist adjective

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His Hindu nationalist party has sought to turn India – a nation constitutionally bound to secularism – into a Hindu rashtra, or homeland for the Hindu majority, critics say, at the expense of the millions who profess minority faiths. Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025 The case generated a media storm, pitting the values of women’s liberation and secularism against murky fears of Islamist terrorism. Arundhati Katju, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2020 But the fallout from Paty’s killing reinforced the French state’s commitment to freedom of expression and its firm attachment to secularism in public life. Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Assad’s regime was, rightly or wrongly, seen internationally as one of brutal secularism and relative interreligious tolerance. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for secularism 

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of secularism was in 1851

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“Secularism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secularism. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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secularism

noun
: the belief that religion and religious considerations should be ignored
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