secularity
Absence of faith
Secularity is the quality or condition of being secular—that is, not connected with religious or spiritual matters.
It describes the state of operating outside religious influence or authority, whether applied to governments, institutions, or aspects of daily life.
The secularity of public schools means they don't promote any particular faith.
The term often appears in discussions about the separation of church and state or the role of religion in public affairs.
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
- irreligionAbsence of faith
nonbelief · rationalism · skepticism · disbelief · godlessness · unbelief · church-state separation · naturalism
Experienced in practical affairs
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- earthlyOf this world
- terrestrialRelating to land
- temporalRelating to chronology
profane · nonspiritual · lay · material · physical · tangible · everyday · ordinary
How authority is exercised
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- citizenshipStatus as state member
civil society · public sphere · state · republic · policy · administration · law · pluralism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- prosperityGood fortune, success
luxury · ambition · status · indulgence · pleasure · acquisition · capitalism · careerism
atheism
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
irreligion · nonbelief · rationalism · skepticism · disbelief · godlessness · unbelief · church-state separation · naturalism · deism
worldly
Experienced in practical affairs
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- earthlyOf this world
- terrestrialRelating to land
temporal · profane · nonspiritual · lay · material · physical · tangible · everyday · ordinary · practical
governance
How authority is exercised
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
citizenship · civil society · public sphere · state · republic · policy · administration · law · pluralism · neutrality
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- hedonismPursuit of gratification
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
prosperity · luxury · ambition · status · indulgence · pleasure · acquisition · capitalism · careerism · pragmatism
secularityreligiosity
Devotion to faith
religiousness · piety · devoutness · spirituality · godliness
secularitytheocracy
Rule by religious authority
clericalism · ecclesiasticism · religious establishment · ecclesiocracy · state religion
secularism, secularist, secularization, secularize, secularists, secularized, secularizes, secularizing