secular society

collocation in English

meaningsofsecularandsociety

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secular
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.jə.lər/us
/ˈsek.jə.lɚ/
not having any connection ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofsecularandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In a moresecularsociety, church bells and other religious signals lost their significance for many people.
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It is a particularlysecularsocietythat values utilitarian pragmatism, self-reliance, and material well-being over class and gender solidarity and communal interdependence.
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The relationship between religion and spirituality is complex not least when set against what sociologists describe as an increasinglysecularsociety.
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Indeed, in an increasinglysecularsocietythe latter might be thought to substitute for the former.
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Arguments over religion and social class were fuelled by debates on the role of industrialisation in the development of a moresecularsociety.
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Importantly, evangelical motivation gave rise to an agency that allowed women to influencesecularsociety.
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As revolutionaries realised, however, such activity could only be a prelude to a deeper process of acculturation if the aim of building asecularsocietywas to be met.
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Even in asecularsociety, the concept of transformation still has a deep hold, not only on artistic imagination but also on conduct and moral belief.
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I accept that for many in asecularsocietythe phrase "the sanctity of human life" has ceased to have meaning.
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If times were different, and if history could be rewritten, perhaps we would not have faith schools in a whollysecularsociety.
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And, what is more important, it is something which is faced by all religious groups, living in what is regrettably becoming a largelysecularsociety.
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Fifthly, it protects the tenets of only one faith in a multi-ethnic and increasinglysecularsociety.
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However, our group's members firmly believe in secular principles and asecularsociety.
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Divorce law in a pluralist,secularsocietyis necessary.
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I do not think that this process will lead to asecularsociety; the country will probably split into various pieces.
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We want to help churches too and to think of uses that can be found for redundant churches in an increasinglysecularsociety.
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In thissecularsocietythis built-in advantage is disappearing rapidly.
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But we must not allow fundamentalists with prejudiced views of any religion to allow their views to prevail against the non-discrimination standards ofsecularsociety.
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We have turned into asecularsociety; but we lack a secular ethic.
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We should bear in mind that we live in a largelysecularsociety.
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