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Princeton's WordNet

  1. secularistnoun

    an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education

Wiktionary

  1. secularistnoun

    a person who believes in or supports secularism

Wikipedia

  1. secularist

    Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on secular, naturalistic considerations. Secularism is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civil affairs and the state, and may be broadened to a similar position seeking to remove or to minimize the role of religion in any public sphere. The term "secularism" has a broad range of meanings, and in the most schematic, may encapsulate any stance that promotes the secular in any given context. It may connote anti-clericalism, atheism, naturalism, non-sectarianism, neutrality on topics of religion, or the complete removal of religious symbols from public institutions.As a philosophy, secularism seeks to interpret life based on principles derived solely from the material world, without recourse to religion. It shifts the focus from religion towards "temporal" and material concerns.There are distinct traditions of secularism in the West, like the French, Turkish and Anglo-American models, and beyond, as in India, where the emphasis is more on equality before law and state neutrality rather than blanket separation. The purposes and arguments in support of secularism vary widely, ranging from assertions that it is a crucial element of modernization, or that religion and traditional values are backward and divisive, to the claim that it is the only guarantor of free religious exercise.

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  1. secularist

    A secularist is a person who advocates for secularism, a principle or belief that religion should not have influence or interference in public affairs and governmental policies. A secularist supports the separation of religious institutions from the state, advocating for a clear distinction between religion and public life. Secularists may or may not follow a personal faith, but they maintain that religion and belief are private matters that should not influence or dictate societal, political, educational or legal structures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Secularistnoun

    one who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Secularist

    name given to one who, discarding as irrelevant all theories and observances bearing upon the other world and its interests, holds that we ought to confine our attention solely to the immediate problems and duties of this, independently of all presumed dependence on revelation and communications from a higher sphere.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Secularist

    From the Latin seculum, an age, a generation; one who advocates the happiness or well-being of the community during the present life, leaving the future completely out of count.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of secularist in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of secularist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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