Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition or quality of being secular.
- noun Something secular.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Exclusive or paramount attention to the things of the present life; worldliness; secularism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Supreme attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
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- noun The state of being
secular .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed her secularity is the necessary condition of the cosmopolitan fantasy of the Byronic hero: the fantasy of never being tied down, of never having to
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Believe in secularity; government should not impose religious morals on citizens
Think Progress » VIDEO: In Goodbye Speech, DeLay Bitterly Attacks Liberals 2006
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Some good people will think I am either a fanatic or an artful schemer, while the clerical place-seekers, who love the flesh-pots of Egypt and have their eyes on the thrones of the Church and the world, will denounce my 'secularity' and tell me I am feeding the 'miry troughs' of the publican and sinner.
The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
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Christianly speaking, "secularity" refers to the ordering of various offices, activities, or objects to the needs of the present age (saeculum).
unknown title 2009
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Milbank's critique is also a recognition that "secularity" is a contingent feature of human existence, a product of modernity and its re-ordering of social space, and thus a way of organizing society that pushes aside various alternatives.
sacra doctrina 2008
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'secularity' in Qld public education that holds us back from the rest of the western world
newmatilda.com - Comments Wonky Funkfart 2010
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This clash is the characteristic feature of “laïcité à la française”: an American type of secularity in a context of battling against a Church that demands power in some or other way.
Global Voices in English » France: Secularity, Required for Democracy and Human Rights 2009
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Franco-Ivorian Delugio, on his blog “Une vingtaine”! et quelques, explains the difference between American secularity and French laïcité:
Global Voices in English » France: Secularity, Required for Democracy and Human Rights 2009
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The argument is an essentially conservative one, but instead of retrenchment, Williams urged patience, and conversation: “Current confusion over the family or gender roles or ‘sexual preference,’ over religion and secularity … and many other things suggests that no consensus is going to appear in a hurry.”
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In the midst of this concept of open secularity of the 90s, the right to be different gradually turned into “different rights”.
Global Voices in English » France: Secularity, Required for Democracy and Human Rights 2009
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