Secular
adjective
Not related to religion or spiritual matters.
The Constitution declares freedom of belief and guarantees the free exercise of religious practice for all religions in a secular state.
Often appears as...
- secular society
- secular government
adjective
Lasting for a long time.
These secular trends in the climate patterns are evaluated over several decades.
Often appears as...
- secular trend
- secular variation
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Technical
adjective
Living or working in the world, not in a religious community.
The secular priests work among the people in parishes, unlike the monks who lead a secluded life.
Often appears as...
- secular clergy
- secular life
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Religious
adjective
Not related to religion or spiritual matters.
The Constitution declares freedom of belief and guarantees the free exercise of religious practice for all religions in a secular state.
Often appears as...
- secular society
- secular government
adjective
Lasting for a long time.
These secular trends in the climate patterns are evaluated over several decades.
Often appears as...
- secular trend
- secular variation
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Living or working in the world, not in a religious community.
The secular priests work among the people in parishes, unlike the monks who lead a secluded life.
Often appears as...
- secular clergy
- secular life
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Public Life
Used to describe institutions or activities that have no religious influence or basis.
They attended a secular school with students from diverse backgrounds.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
Implies neutrality and no preference towards any specific religion or belief system.
The secular laws were designed to treat all citizens equally.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implications
In some societies, being 'secular' carries a cultural significance of modernity and progress.
The new secular constitution marked a turning point in the nation’s history.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Life
Used to describe institutions or activities that have no religious influence or basis.
They attended a secular school with students from diverse backgrounds.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
Implies neutrality and no preference towards any specific religion or belief system.
The secular laws were designed to treat all citizens equally.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implications
In some societies, being 'secular' carries a cultural significance of modernity and progress.
The new secular constitution marked a turning point in the nation’s history.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Life
Used to describe institutions or activities that have no religious influence or basis.
They attended a secular school with students from diverse backgrounds.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
Implies neutrality and no preference towards any specific religion or belief system.
The secular laws were designed to treat all citizens equally.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Implications
In some societies, being 'secular' carries a cultural significance of modernity and progress.
The new secular constitution marked a turning point in the nation’s history.
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The risky politics of...
They even invited some of the radicals into their governing coalition. Now, that horrified a lot of secular Indonesians. But by forcing the radicals to actually help govern, it quickly exposed the fact that they weren't any good at the job, and it got them mixed up in all of the grubby compromises
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Songs that bring history...
She's one of the innovators of rock 'n' roll guitar, and one of the first crossover artists from gospel to secular. She's an incredibly important figure, and I'm going to talk about her whenever I can. So these are a couple of her tunes. And don't worry -- you're going to get your chance to sing.
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Jason Silva on Peer...
society that encourages individualistic thinking it encourages us to find our own voice and to follow our passion yet there's pervasive pressures all around us encouraging us to conform to follow the same secular idols to care about the same celebrities to watch the same
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How I'm Working for...
The way that we've been able to do that is to get past those defensive shells and really see the soft inside of unbelief and belief and try to respect each other while still holding boundaries clear. The other thing that the secular left and the atheists and the orthodox
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Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
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Liz Coleman's call to...
that is to be a center for the advancement of public action. The center will embody and sustain this new educational commitment. Think of it as a kind of secular church. The words on the card describe what will happen inside. We intend to turn the intellectual
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Ugly History: Witch...
the elderly, the poor, or social outcasts, but any member of the community could be targeted, even occasionally children. While religious authorities encouraged witch hunts, local secular governments usually carried out the detainment
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How the Afghan youth are...
hope I spent two years photographing the youth in my home country of Iran at the end of those two years realizing the value of my photographs showcasing the secular youth culture of Iran for the world to see I packed my bags and moved
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And I'd like to run through a few of these today. I'd like to kick off by looking at education. Now education is a field the secular world really believes in. When we think about how we're going to make the world a better place,
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How do you build a...
So we live in a secular world. How do you design sacred space today? And how do you even define what's sacred today?
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The risky politics of...
They even invited some of the radicals into their governing coalition. Now, that horrified a lot of secular Indonesians. But by forcing the radicals to actually help govern, it quickly exposed the fact that they weren't any good at the job, and it got them mixed up in all of the grubby compromises
Video examples
Songs that bring history...
She's one of the innovators of rock 'n' roll guitar, and one of the first crossover artists from gospel to secular. She's an incredibly important figure, and I'm going to talk about her whenever I can. So these are a couple of her tunes. And don't worry -- you're going to get your chance to sing.
Video examples
Jason Silva on Peer...
society that encourages individualistic thinking it encourages us to find our own voice and to follow our passion yet there's pervasive pressures all around us encouraging us to conform to follow the same secular idols to care about the same celebrities to watch the same
Video examples
How I'm Working for...
The way that we've been able to do that is to get past those defensive shells and really see the soft inside of unbelief and belief and try to respect each other while still holding boundaries clear. The other thing that the secular left and the atheists and the orthodox
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
Video examples
Liz Coleman's call to...
that is to be a center for the advancement of public action. The center will embody and sustain this new educational commitment. Think of it as a kind of secular church. The words on the card describe what will happen inside. We intend to turn the intellectual
Video examples
Ugly History: Witch...
the elderly, the poor, or social outcasts, but any member of the community could be targeted, even occasionally children. While religious authorities encouraged witch hunts, local secular governments usually carried out the detainment
Video examples
How the Afghan youth are...
hope I spent two years photographing the youth in my home country of Iran at the end of those two years realizing the value of my photographs showcasing the secular youth culture of Iran for the world to see I packed my bags and moved
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And I'd like to run through a few of these today. I'd like to kick off by looking at education. Now education is a field the secular world really believes in. When we think about how we're going to make the world a better place,
Video examples
How do you build a...
So we live in a secular world. How do you design sacred space today? And how do you even define what's sacred today?
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I believe that the environment at home has been fairly secular and liberal. And most times, it comes from my mother. Our culture is very strong, but at the same time, she's a very free-spirited person. She's an artiste, and that's the environment I grew up in, where films and music were respected and meditated upon.
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Joel C. Rosenberg
American Novelist
There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.
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Lobsang Tenzin
Tibetan Leader
Interreligious dialogue is extremely important for religious people as well as secular people or non-believers. They should participate, and they should be encouraged to have interreligious dialogue, because dialogue is a channel or an instrument to promote intimacy between individual.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
The tendency of our time is wholly oriented toward the secular. The efforts of the mystics will remain episodes. Despite a deepening of our conceptions of life, we will build no cathedrals.
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Hannah Arendt
German Historian
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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Richard Coles
English Musician
I spend much of my time in a broadly liberal secular world but I don't belong to it, I belong somewhere else.
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Nancy Pearcey
American Author
Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.
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Randy Alcorn
American Clergyman
I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview.
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Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects.
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Safak Pavey
Turkish Diplomat
Bear in mind how valuable a secular Turkey is for the world.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I believe that the environment at home has been fairly secular and liberal. And most times, it comes from my mother. Our culture is very strong, but at the same time, she's a very free-spirited person. She's an artiste, and that's the environment I grew up in, where films and music were respected and meditated upon.
Quote examples
Joel C. Rosenberg
American Novelist
There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.
Quote examples
Lobsang Tenzin
Tibetan Leader
Interreligious dialogue is extremely important for religious people as well as secular people or non-believers. They should participate, and they should be encouraged to have interreligious dialogue, because dialogue is a channel or an instrument to promote intimacy between individual.
Quote examples
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American Architect
The tendency of our time is wholly oriented toward the secular. The efforts of the mystics will remain episodes. Despite a deepening of our conceptions of life, we will build no cathedrals.
Quote examples
Hannah Arendt
German Historian
The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
Quote examples
Richard Coles
English Musician
I spend much of my time in a broadly liberal secular world but I don't belong to it, I belong somewhere else.
Quote examples
Nancy Pearcey
American Author
Public education grants secular worldviews an exclusive monopoly in the classroom.
Quote examples
Randy Alcorn
American Clergyman
I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview.
Quote examples
Kathryn Bigelow
American Director
Jordan is a very secular, Westernized country in some respects.
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Safak Pavey
Turkish Diplomat
Bear in mind how valuable a secular Turkey is for the world.
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