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secularist

gb/sˈɛkjəlɚɪst/ us/sˈɛkjəlɚɪst/
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Advocate of secularism

A person who thinks religion should be separate from government and public life.

Tipar de utilizare: a secularist; secularists; [someone] is a secularist
Greșeală frecventă:
Do not use secularist simply to mean any non-religious person; it usually suggests support for secularism as a public or political principle.
Sinonime
separationist (especially someone who supports separation of church and state) | secular humanist (often also implies a human-centered ethical worldview, not just a political position) | freethinker (broader and somewhat older term for someone who rejects traditional religious authority)
Antonime
theocrat (someone who supports government by religious authority or religious law) | clericalist (someone who supports strong religious or clergy influence in politics and society)
Colocații
committed secularist |leading secularist |prominent secularist |liberal secularist |French secularist |secularist campaigner |secularist argument |secularist movement |secularist organization |secularist values
Teme
politics |religion |society |law
Exemple
  • As a secularist, she argued that public schools should not promote any particular religion.
  • The mayor is a committed secularist but regularly meets with faith leaders on community issues.
  • Secularists welcomed the court ruling as a victory for religious neutrality in government.
Exemple pentru cursanți
  • He is a secularist and supports the separation of religion and government.
  • Many secularists want public laws to be based on non-religious reasons.
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Supporting secularism

Used to describe ideas, groups, or policies that support keeping religion separate from government.

Tipar de utilizare: secularist [movement/party/argument/policy]
Greșeală frecventă:
Use secular, not secularist, for the general meaning “not religious” in phrases like secular music or secular education, unless you mean support for secularism.
Sinonime
secular (more general; can mean simply non-religious, not necessarily actively supporting secularism) | nonreligious (describes absence of religion rather than a political principle) | church-state separationist (more explicit, especially in U.S. political contexts)
Antonime
theocratic (favoring government based on religious authority or law) | clerical (relating to clergy or religious authority; opposite when it implies clerical influence over public life)
Colocații
secularist party |secularist movement |secularist ideology |secularist principles |secularist argument |secularist policy |secularist campaign |secularist tradition |secularist view |secularist state
Teme
politics |religion |society
Exemple
  • The party adopted a strongly secularist platform after the revolution.
  • Critics said the proposal reflected a secularist view of education.
  • The newspaper has long supported secularist principles in public policy.
Exemple pentru cursanți
  • The group has a secularist policy on schools.
  • They support a secularist view of government.
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secularist
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GB/sˈɛkjəlɚɪst/
US/sˈɛkjəlɚɪst/
Silabe și accent
sec - u - lar - ist (4 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (sec)
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Adjective
  • Base: secularist
  • Comparative: secularister
  • Superlative: secularistest
Noun
  • Base: secularist
  • Plural: secularists
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