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secularism

 noun
     
Related topics: Sociology
sec‧u‧lar‧is‧m [uncountable]
1SS a system of social organization that does not allow religion to influence the government, or the belief that religion should not influence a government
2 the quality of behaving in a way that shows religion does not influence you:
the secularism of popular culture
—secularist noun [countable]
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