sec‧u‧lar‧is‧m /ˈsekjələrɪzəm, ˈsekjʊlərɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]

1. a system of social organization that does not allow religion to influence the government, or the belief that religion should not influence a government

2. the quality of behaving in a way that shows religion does not influence you:
the secularism of popular culture
—secularist noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲