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laicism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈleɪ.ɪ.sɪz.əm/
• /ˈleɪ.ə.sɪz.əm/

Etymology

Etymology tree English laic 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 laicism From laic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, especially, in reference to Turkey, uncountable) Secularism.
   • 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. 2010, L. Cady, Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age, page 124:
   • As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom. 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:

Forms

Relateds

lay · laywoman · laicity · laicist · layman · lay person · laity · laicization · laicize

Translations (4)

ro laicism (laicism) · tr laiklik (laicism) · de Laizismus (laicism) · id laisisme (laicism)