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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sec•u•lar•ism (sek′yə lə riz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Philosophysecular spirit or tendency, esp. a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- the view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element.
sec′u•lar•ist, n., adj. sec′u•lar•is′tic, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: secularism /ˈsɛkjʊləˌrɪzəm/ n - a doctrine that rejects religion, esp in ethics
- the attitude that religion should have no place in civil affairs
ˈsecularist n , adj sec•u•lar /ˈsɛkyəlɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - not relating to or concerned with religion:secular music.
sec•u•lar•ism, n. [uncountable] sec•u•lar•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sec•u•lar (sek′yə lər),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred;
temporal:secular interests. - not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to sacred):secular music.
- Education(of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
- Religion(of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order;
not bound by monastic vows (opposed to regular). - occurring or celebrated once in an age or century:the secular games of Rome.
- going on from age to age;
continuing through long ages.
n. - a layperson.
- Religionone of the secular clergy.
- Latin, as above
- Old French
- Medieval Latin sēculāris, Late Latin saeculāris worldly, temporal (opposed to eternal), Latin: of an age, equivalent. to Latin saecul(um) long period of time + -āris -ar1; replacing Middle English seculer
- 1250–1300
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