laicism

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/ˈleɪ.ɪ.sɪz.əm//ˈleɪ.ə.sɪz.əm/

noun

Secularism.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounlaicism (countable and uncountable, plural laicisms)

plural laicisms

  1. countableespeciallyuncountableSecularism.

    As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.

    2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8
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    In a speech in commemoration of the 67th anniversary of the insertion of the principle of laicism into the Turkish constitution, he gave the following ideal typical Kemalist account of laicism: National sovereignty is grounded in the foundation of laicism.

    2010, L. Cady, Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age, page 124

Origin

Translations

German Laizismus
  • Laizismuslaicism
Indonesian laisisme
  • laisismelaicism
Romanian laicism
  • laicismlaicism
Turkish laiklik
  • laikliklaicism

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APA

laicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laicism

MLA

“laicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laicism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laicism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laicism.

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