secularism
noun
sec·u·lar·ism
ˈse-kyə-lə-ˌri-zəm 
: indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations
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Black Non-Believers Often Conceal Their Beliefs While Networking Sadly, Black atheists and agnostics feel pressure to hide their secularism in professional settings in order to maintain relationships.
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Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Al-Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Mr. Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
Gandhi’s foremost disciple and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, fostered a polity that broadly met the essential criteria of secularism: everyone was free to practice his or her religion, and the state regarded all religions as equal in the public sphere.
—Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Al-Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
Iraqi women are leading the fight against the changes
Mr. Maliki and other proponents depict the changes as a defense against Western secularism.
—Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2024
Gandhi’s foremost disciple and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, fostered a polity that broadly met the essential criteria of secularism: everyone was free to practice his or her religion, and the state regarded all religions as equal in the public sphere.
—Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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secularism
noun
sec·u·lar·ism
ˈsek-yə-lə-ˌriz-əm
: the belief that religion and religious considerations should be ignored
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