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secularity

Meanings
  • noun

    The state of being secular; the separation of religious and temporal matters.

    - "The country upheld its secularity and kept religion out of its politics."
    - "The secularity of modern society has led to a decline in religious practices."
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secular , secularities , secularity , secularly
Etymology
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From the Latin 'saecularis', meaning 'pertaining to the world', or 'of the age'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'secularity' first gained popularity during the European Enlightenment.

  2. Some countries, such as France, have a constitutionally enshrined principle of secularity.

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  1. secularism: A political and philosophical belief advocating for the separation of religion and government.

  2. secular humanism: A philosophical belief focusing on human potential, ethics, and morality without belief in a god or gods.

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  1. In the early twentieth century, priests and religious built centers for Catholic study and worship on "secular" campuses.

    - Maurice Timothy Reidy,{it}Commonweal{/it},7 Apr. 2006

  2. Some women, indeed, achieved great renown for their religious scholarship, becoming role models for their peers and silently challenging men, who for so long had held a monopoly in this area. Though they never carried the title of "rabbi" and in many cases eschewed the controversial "f-word" (feminism) altogether, these Orthodox women produced no less a revolution in the late twentieth century than women did in so many other realms, religious and "secular" alike. By challenging Judaism, they ended up strengthening Judaism.

    - Jonathan D. Sarna,{it}American Judaism{/it},2004

  3. The reforms of the nineteenth century and the needs of commercial and other contacts with Europe led to the enactment of new laws, modeled on those of Europe—commercial, civil, criminal, and finally constitutional. In the traditional order the only lawyers were the ulema, the doctors of the Holy Law, at once jurists and theologians. The "secular" lawyer, pleading in courts administering "secular" law, represented a new and influential element in society.

    - Bernard Lewis,{it}What Went Wrong?{/it},2002

  4. Bloomberg, by contrast, would be the most pro-immigration, pro-free trade, pro-Wall Street candidate in the race. The third-party candidate he would most resemble is John Anderson, the fiscally responsible, culturally liberal Republican who ran as an Independent in 1980. Anderson won 7% of the vote, mostly among the young, educated and "secular". But today those people are partisan Democrats.

    - Peter Beinart,{it}Time{/it},11 Feb. 2008
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Secularity has been a significant concept in various fields, including philosophy, politics, and sociology. It has been a topic of debate in discussions on the role of religion in society and the relationship between the sacred and the profane.

How to Memorize "secularity"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a clear separation between religious and secular matters. Imagine a wall dividing the two.

  2. associate

    - Associate secularity with the separation of church and state, or the idea of a secular society.

  3. mnemonics

    - Remember the word 'secularity' as 'secular' and 'tarity', like 'majority' and 'arity'.

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