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secularism

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Recent Examples of secularism This is especially the case within the context of French secularism, or laïcité, wherein public expressions of religiosity might have made people upset. — Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 But the choice was criticized by supporters of France’s strict form of secularism in public life based on a 1905 law separating church and state. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 French officials and many educators say secularism in public schools and other institutions protects less observant and nonreligious people from pressure while leaving everyone free to worship in private. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Some are ideologues such as Bannon and Beattie, people who believe that Western civilization is being destroyed by racial diversity, secularism, and the commitment to human rights. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for secularism

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However, some Druids—especially those who identify simultaneously as Christians—are monotheists, while still others subscribe to pantheism, atheism, and other perspectives on divinity.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Beginning in the 1870s, atheism and indifference to religion became popular, especially among younger intellectuals.

— David Mislin, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

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My own passage into and back out of unbelief—one marked by a close reading of works that earlier illiberal societies had attempted to suppress on religious grounds—has strengthened my liberal commitments.

— Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
But the indirect benefits seem to reflect a posture against green energy, related to unbelief in climate change, and these lead to support for inefficient energy alternatives like nuclear and geothermal and gas-fired turbines.

— Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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