anticlericalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English clerical English anticlerical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English anticlericalism From anticlerical + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The opposition to political influence of clerics.
But contacts of this kind between a senior politician of the Republic and the Catholic Church were matters of the greatest delicacy in pre-1914 France, where anticlericalism was the default setting of the political culture.
2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 310:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anti-clericalism | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (22)
sl antiklerikalizem (opposition to political influence of clerics) · lt antiklerikalizmas (opposition to political influence of clerics) · eo antiklerikalismo (opposition to political influence of clerics) · pl antyklerykalizm (opposition to political influence of clerics) · hu antiklerikalizmus (opposition to political influence of clerics) · fi antiklerikalismi (opposition to political influence of clerics) · tr antiklerikalizm (opposition to political influence of clerics) · ca anticlericalisme (opposition to political influence of clerics) · nl antiklerikalisme (opposition to political influence of clerics) · cs antiklerikalismus (opposition to political influence of clerics) · bg антиклерикализъм (opposition to political influence of clerics) · sk antiklerikalizmus (opposition to political influence of clerics) · fr anticléricalisme (opposition to political influence of clerics) · id antiklerikalisme (opposition to political influence of clerics) · ru антиклерикали́зм (opposition to political influence of clerics) · pt anticlericalismo (opposition to political influence of clerics) · it anticlericalismo (opposition to political influence of clerics) · az antiklerikalizm (opposition to political influence of clerics) · uk антиклерикалізм (opposition to political influence of clerics) · ro anticlericalism (opposition to political influence of clerics) · tl antiklerikalismo (opposition to political influence of clerics) · de Antiklerikalismus (opposition to political influence of clerics)