secularity
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- noun
- /ˌsɛkjʊˈlærɪti/
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secularidad
- The novel's modern individual demonstrates inwardness and secularity.
- secularity and religious
Examples
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Just as the nation is, in many instances, not secular, the secularity of the state, as expressed in the separation of church and state, may not be as clear-cut as it appears.
Academic text (1996) -
For that, we need a long-term perspective that analyzes both the secularity of the state and the religiosity of social movements.
Academic text (1996) -
Yet, what does secularity imply?
Academic text (1997) -
Perhaps not, but I don't see secularity doing any better.
Blog text (8) -
Secularity has won all the arguments, but religion still wins the votes.
Academic text (2002) -
In order to understand these events, one has to analyze both the secularity of the Indian state and the religiosity of the two movements involved.
Academic text (1996) -
What kind of secularity do we find in the colonial state in British India of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Academic text (1996) -
It is hard to imagine reversing the secularity that has resulted from a separation of realms.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite the secularity of our era and the assault of new atheism on orthodox Christian doctrines, large majorities of Americans still believe in heaven and hell.
Academic text (2011) -
The principles of secularity ensure that the government remains neutral in religious matters.
Synonyms
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6.7
A lack of belief in God or other religious ideas
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9.5
Not following or believing in any religion
Not having religious beliefs or belonging to any religion
A lack of religious belief or practice
The state of not believing in God or following a religion
Antonyms
How Secular
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Secularity comes from the Latin root saeculum, which meant 'age' or 'the world', and through the English word secular it came to mean everyday life rather than sacred life. So, secularity is the state of being 'non-religious' or separate from religion.