"secularism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛkjʊləˌɹɪzəm/ Audio: en-us-secularism.ogg Forms: secularisms [plural]
Etymology: From secular + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|secular|ism}} secular + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secularism (countable and uncountable, plural secularisms)
  1. Neutrality towards all religions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (neutrality towards all religions): عَلْمَانِيَّة (ʕalmāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), لَائِكِيَّة (lāʔikiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), دُنيانِيَّة [feminine] (Arabic), dünyəvilik (Azerbaijani), sekulyarizm (Azerbaijani), секуларизъм (sekularizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 世俗主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 世俗主义 (shìsúzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), sekularisme [common-gender] (Danish), secularisme [neuter] (Dutch), sekulareco (Esperanto), sekularismi (Finnish), laïcité [feminine] (French), sécularisme [masculine] (French), სეკულარიზმი (seḳularizmi) (Georgian), Säkularismus [masculine] (German), Laizität [feminine] (German), κοσμικισμός (kosmikismós) [masculine] (Greek), sekularisme, paham sekuler (Indonesian), laicità [feminine] (Italian), secolarismo [masculine] (Italian), 世俗主義 (sezokushugi) (alt: せぞくしゅぎ) (Japanese), 세속주의 (sesokjuui) (alt: 世俗主義) (Korean), sekularisme (Malay), faham sekularis (Malay), kedisinikinian (Malay), سکولاریسم (Persian), sekularyzm [masculine] (Polish), laicidade [feminine] (Portuguese), secularismo [masculine] (Portuguese), laicitate [feminine] (Romanian), secularism [neuter] (Romanian), секуляри́зм (sekuljarízm) [masculine] (Russian), laicidad [feminine] (Spanish), secularismo [masculine] (Spanish), ฆราวาส (ká-raa-wâat) (Thai), laiklik (Turkish), sekülerizm (Turkish), секуляризм (sekuljaryzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), علمانیت (almāniyat) (Urdu), سیکیولرزم (Urdu), سیکولرزم (Urdu), گیتی گرائی (gētī garāī) (Urdu), دنیا گرائی (duniyā garāī) (Urdu), dunyoviylik (Uzbek), chủ nghĩa thế tục (alt: 主義世俗) (Vietnamese), thế tục chủ nghĩa (alt: 世俗主義) (Vietnamese)
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  2. The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the political belief in the separation of church and state): 政教分離 (Chinese Cantonese), 政教分离 (zing³ gaau³ fan¹ lei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 政教分離 (Chinese Mandarin), 政教分离 (zhèngjiào fēnlí) (Chinese Mandarin), sekularismi (Finnish), laïcisme [masculine] (French), laicismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secularism-en-noun-xXev2HPk Disambiguation of 'the political belief in the separation of church and state': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: laicity [especially], statism [obsolete] Related terms: secularist, secularity, secularization, secularize, agnosticism, atheism, humanism, laicism

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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "word": "세속주의"
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-raa-wâat",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "ฆราวาส"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "laiklik"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "sekülerizm"
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "almāniyat",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "علمانیت"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "سیکیولرزم"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "سیکولرزم"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gētī garāī",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "گیتی گرائی"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "duniyā garāī",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "دنیا گرائی"
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    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "dunyoviylik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主義世俗",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa thế tục"
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      "alt": "世俗主義",
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      "sense": "neutrality towards all religions",
      "word": "thế tục chủ nghĩa"
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
      "word": "政教分離"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zing³ gaau³ fan¹ lei⁴",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
      "word": "政教分离"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
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      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
      "word": "sekularismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
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      "word": "laïcisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the political belief in the separation of church and state",
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