Meanings
nounlaïcité (usually uncountable, plural laïcités)
plural laïcités · alternative laicity
- uncountableusuallySecularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.
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APA
laïcité. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9
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“laïcité.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laïcité,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9.
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