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secularism|ˈsɛkjʊlərɪz(ə)m|
[f. secular a. + -ism.]
1. The doctrine that morality should be based solely on regard to the well-being of mankind in the present life, to the exclusion of all considerations drawn from belief in God or in a future state.
a. As the name of a definitely professed system of belief, promulgated by G. J. Holyoake (1817–1906).
b. In wider sense, as denoting a mode of thought more or less implicitly held and acted upon.
1851G. J. Holyoake in Reasoner 10 Dec., I will lay before the meeting the present position of Secularism in the provinces. 1854― (title) Secularism the practical Philosophy of the People. Ibid. 5 The term Secularism has been chosen..as expressing a certain positive and ethical element, which the terms ‘Infidel’, ‘Sceptic’, ‘Atheist’ do not express. 1855Miss Cobbe Intuit. Mor. 161 note, The earlier Judaism is quite anomalous in its mixture of morality and secularism. 1869M. Pattison Serm. (1885) 172 Influential leaders of opinion warn us against..materialism, secularism, unbelief. 1884J. Parker Larger Ministry 28 Secularism cannot be more industrious than Christianity calls upon its followers to be.
2. The view that education, or the education provided at the public cost, should be purely secular.
1872Q. Rev. Apr. 517 The Nonconformists who advocate pure Secularism in national education have in effect come down from their religious position altogether. |