Anticlericalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anticlericalism is a noun meaning The opposition to political influence of clerics.
Meaning
The opposition to political influence of clerics.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- anti-clericalism
Antonyms for anticlericalism
Common opposites include clericocracy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clericalism, clericalist, clerocracy, antiliberalism, antinobilism, antiabsolutism.
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