anticlericalism in English

noun

opposition to the participation of organized religion in state affairs

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1. Anticlericalism opposition, especially political opposition, to the power and influence of the church.

2. Their presence was all the more sinister amidst the approaching thunder of anticlericalism.

3. When characterized as hostility towards religion, it includes anticlericalism, antireligion, and Antitheism

4. The idea of "Anticlericalism" as such does not belong to early modern Europe

5. Anticlericalism, moreover, was a deceptive bridge to Antiecclesiasticism: men could castigate clerics without drawing the line at their conduct

6. Anticlericalism, in Roman Catholicism, opposition to the clergy for its real or alleged influence in political and social affairs, for its doctrinairism, for its privileges or property, or for any other reason.

7. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Anticlerical an‧ti‧cler‧i‧cal / ˌæntiˈklerɪk ə l / adjective PP RELIGION being opposed to priests having any political power or influence — Anticlericalism noun [uncountable] Examples from the Corpus Anticlerical • Some historians have argued that …

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