SECULARISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("secularism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Derivation:

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