"anticlerical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more anticlerical [comparative], most anticlerical [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + clerical. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anti-|clerical}} anti- + clerical Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticlerical (comparative more anticlerical, superlative most anticlerical)
  1. Opposed to political influence of clerics. Derived forms: anticlericalism Translations (opposed to political influence of clerics): anticlerical [common-gender] (Catalan), 反教權 (Chinese Mandarin), 反教权 (fǎnjiàoquán) (Chinese Mandarin), anticlerical (Galician), antiklerikal (German), anticlericale (Italian), antyklerykalny (Polish), anticlerical (Portuguese), anticlericalista (Portuguese), anticlerical (Spanish), antiklerikal (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anticlerical-en-adj-63HMGh-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 55 45

Noun

Forms: anticlericals [plural]
Etymology: From anti- + clerical. Etymology templates: {{af|en|anti-|clerical}} anti- + clerical Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticlerical (plural anticlericals)
  1. One who opposes the political influence of clerics. Translations (one opposed to political influence of clerics): anticlerical [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), anticlerical (Galician), Antikleriker [masculine] (German), anticlericale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), antyklerykał [masculine] (Polish), anticlericalista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-anticlerical-en-noun-O2iTp~mE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 55 45

Inflected forms

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