secular
143
4.7
- adjective
- /ˈsɛkjələr/
:
laico
- The government implemented policies that support a secular education system.
- secular and religious
- sacred and secular
- secular and ecclesiastical
And I asked whether there is secular ethics without religion.
- And I asked whether there is secular ethics without religion.
- So in that sense, decision making was secular and rationally informed.
- The core of the Israeli society is secular, very much in the center.
- They are formed in the French secular philosophical schools.
- So my perspective is from a secular point of view, let's say you're not religious.
- And it's even in the most secular of societies, people worship something.
- But they're going to find living in a western secular country very, very difficult.
- The West is built on secularism, it's built on secular laws, and it's built on nation states.
- And that is negative for she thinks it's just very negative to teach people secular worldviews.
- So a secular world is still full of meaning.
- There are a lot of secular scholars and they also come in with a bias.
- Well, what makes you think you're secular then?
- You can find a, there are secular ways if that's important to you to practice this.
Examples
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I was raised in a politically active, left-wing, secular Jewish household.
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Christmas can be a secular holiday.
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So a secular world is still full of meaning.
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All the result of our increasingly secular society...
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No, these are days of secular optimism.
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It's a fundamentally secular society.
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Leo believed that the increasingly secular European states were pushing the Church out of civil society.
Academic text (2008) -
The West is built on secularism, it's built on secular laws, and it's built on nation states.
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We are a secular nation and that's what I'm fighting for.
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The process of democratization can also have unpredictable effects if secular, liberal political forces are weak or divided.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
30
5.8
Interested in money and possessions rather than religion
18
4.9
Not a trained professional, used to mean ordinary people
18
7.6
About the physical world rather than spiritual matters
3
4.1
Not connected to or influenced by any religion
2
6.3
Not related to religion, like everyday life or art
1
6.0
Not believing in a god or taking part in worship
1
5.6
About everyday life or material things, not about religion
1
7.4
Not interested in religious or moral ideas and focused on practical things
About people who are not religious leaders
Not belonging to or following any religion
Antonyms
Compounds
1
8.4
A belief that people should use reason, not religion, to decide right and wrong
- Literature
Religious ceremonies and public shows held every hundred years in ancient Rome
How Secular
3
8.6
143
4.7
218
3.6
∞
2.7
660
4.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Secular comes from Latin saecularis, from saeculum meaning 'age' or 'world', so the word now describes things that are 'of the world' or not connected with religion, like government, science, or art.