Secularism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secularism \Sec"u*lar*ism\, n.
     1. The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit;
        secularity.
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     2. The tenets or principles of the secularists.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  secularism
       n : a doctrine that rejects religion and religious
           considerations

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "secularism":
     Buddhology, Mariolatry, Mariology, Marxism, Mercersburg theology,
     animalism, apologetics, atheism, atomism, behaviorism, canonics,
     commonsense realism, crisis theology, dialectical materialism,
     dialogical theology, disbelief, divinity, doctrinalism, doctrinism,
     dogmatics, down-to-earthness, earthiness, earthliness, empiricism,
     epiphenomenalism, eschatology, existential theology, faithlessness,
     freedom from illusion, hagiography, hagiology, hardheadedness,
     hierology, historical materialism, hylomorphism, hylotheism,
     hylozoism, infidelity, lack of feelings, logos Christology,
     logos theology, materialism, matter-of-factness, mechanism,
     minimifidianism, natural realism, natural theology, naturalism,
     neoorthodox theology, neoorthodoxy, new realism, nullifidianism,
     patristic theology, phenomenological theology, physicalism,
     physicism, physicotheology, positive philosophy, positivism,
     practical-mindedness, practicality, practicalness, pragmaticism,
     pragmatism, rationalism, rationality, realism, reasonableness,
     religion, representative realism, saneness, scholastic theology,
     scientism, sensibleness, sober-mindedness, soteriology,
     substantialism, systematics, temporality, theology, unbelief,
     unidealism, unromanticalness, unsentimentality, worldliness