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laic

laic

9.9
About people who are not religious leaders
  • adjective
  • /ˈleɪɪk/
  • Formal
translation icon : laico
  • The laic approach to education ensures that students learn about various cultures and philosophies without religious bias.

Examples

  • The two components of the main title, laic religions and religious Romanticism, point to two religious questions that had become prominent by the end of the 19th century.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Teachers in laic schools focus on secular subjects without promoting any particular religion.

  • You see a whole process for solving these types of equations just basically uses like a formula laic type thing.

  • Moreover, the Sillon itself became oriented toward political and thus laic action.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The ongoing threat of a Modernist spirit, kept alive in religious Romanticism and given tangible form by proponents of a laic morality, intentionally served the nationalist cause of Charles Maurras.

    Academic text (2010)

  • In a laic society, the government remains neutral regarding religious beliefs.

Synonyms

secular
vslaic
143 4.7

Not connected with religion, about everyday and public life

relates specifically to people who are not members of the clergy
lay
vslaic
18 4.9

Not a trained professional, used to mean ordinary people

refers to nonreligious matters rather than ordinary people

How Religious

devout
55 5.7
pious
37 6.3
religious
∞ 2.7
laic
  • Formal
9.9
secular
143 4.7
irreligious
3 8.6

Surface Forms

laic positive

Etymology

Laic comes from the old Greek word laikos, which means 'people' and is the same root as the English word lay, as in 'a layperson'. So laic describes things or people that are not priests or religious leaders, which is why it means 'secular'.