noun
Meaning 1
A person who believes in or supports secularism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
secularist
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noun
Meaning 2
an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English secular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English secularist From secular + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Georgian: სეკულარისტი (seḳularisṭi) — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- German: Säkularist — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- German: Säkularistin — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- Indonesian: sekularis — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- Irish: dí-eaglaisí — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- Turkish: laik — a person who believes in or supports secularism
- Turkish: sekülarist — a person who believes in or supports secularism