Laicism

//ˈleɪ.ɪ.sɪz.əm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Secularism. countable, especially, uncountable

    "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."

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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."

Etymology

From laic + -ism.

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