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Synonyms for Secular
ˈsɛk yə lərsec·u·lar
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Wiktionary
secularadjective
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worldlyAntonyms:
unpredictable, religious, sacred, regular, nonsecular, monastic, short-term, frequent, non-recurring, music, everlasting, cyclical, eternalsecularadjective
Not specifically religious.
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frequent, unpredictable, short-term, sacred, eternal, religious, music, regular, everlasting, cyclical, nonsecular, non-recurring, monasticsecularadjective
Temporal; something that is worldly or otherwise not based on something timeless.
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monastic, short-term, music, religious, non-recurring, eternal, nonsecular, unpredictable, everlasting, cyclical, frequent, regular, sacredsecularadjective
Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
secular clergy in Catholicism
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unpredictable, frequent, eternal, religious, sacred, everlasting, cyclical, monastic, music, short-term, nonsecular, non-recurring, regularsecularadjective
Happening once in an age or century.
The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
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non-recurring, monastic, short-term, eternal, regular, cyclical, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, unpredictable, musicsecularadjective
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
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everlasting, cyclical, unpredictable, religious, nonsecular, monastic, non-recurring, music, regular, eternal, short-term, frequent, sacredsecularadjective
Of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion.
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monastic, music, non-recurring, regular, unpredictable, eternal, everlasting, nonsecular, sacred, frequent, religious, cyclical, short-termsecularadjective
Unperturbed over time.
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regular, frequent, everlasting, sacred, short-term, nonsecular, monastic, religious, non-recurring, cyclical, unpredictable, eternal, music
English Synonyms and Antonyms
secular
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abominable, common, cursed, impure, polluted, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldlyAntonyms:
blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
layman, layperson, secularadjective
someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
secularadjective
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
worldly, secular, temporaladjective
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
"worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church"
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profane, lay, blase, temporal, laic, secular, worldlyprofane, secularadjective
not concerned with or devoted to religion
"sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
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lay, secular, worldly, unconsecrated, profane, blasphemous, laic, unsanctified, temporal, sacrilegious, bluesecularadjective
of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
"the secular clergy"
laic, lay, secularadjective
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "secular":
age-old, secularism, centuries-old, secularist, lay, non-denominational, non-religious, centuries-long, layman, layperson, non-confessional, worldly, century-old
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#618 | blue | |
#736 | common | |
#1668 | civil | |
#4324 | lay | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9766 | temporal | |
#12654 | secular | |
#17926 | cursed | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#26728 | polluted | |
#32543 | profane | |
#34224 | unholy | |
#35469 | layman | |
#44601 | impure | |
#48287 | secularism | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#63931 | blasphemous | |
#80566 | layperson | |
#113424 | blase | |
#120427 | secularist | |
#127982 | sacrilegious | |
#219191 | unhallowed |
How to use Secular in a sentence?
The Iranian people are struggling every day to rid themselves of Khamenei’s tyranny and create a secular democracy. The only way to resolve the nuclear crisis is a complete change of the political system in Iran. Instead of pointless negotiations with the regime, the Biden administration should maximize its support for the Iranian people in their struggle for freedom.
Chief Executive Bracken Darrell:
Gaming is on a secular growth run, we are at the same stage with the e-sports - we are only at the beginning of this trend now.
Not only have product prices lagged those of crude during the selloff - as is common in a downturn - but they have raced ahead of them in the rebound, keeping refining margins remarkably firm, and supporting unexpectedly strong throughputs in once-depressed refining centres such as Europe and OECD Asia, product demand has shown signs of life, with even European demand emerging from a secular decline to show strong growth of 3.2 percent in December and 0.9 percent in January.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:
As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.
But in some places in Kashgar from last year there are face veils and head coverings. This is equivalent to retreating back over the modern, secular strides we have taken. This is a cultural reverse.
Translations for Secular
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- دنياوي, علمانيArabic
- světskýCzech
- sekulæreDanish
- säkular, weltlichGerman
- κοσμικόςGreek
- mundano, secular, seglar, laicoSpanish
- سکولارPersian
- pitkäaikainen, sekulaarinen, maallikko, ajallinen, pysyvä, maallinenFinnish
- mondain, séculaire, séculier, laïqueFrench
- saoghaltaScottish Gaelic
- पन्थनिरपेक्ष, लौकिकHindi
- secolareItalian
- חילוניHebrew
- 非宗教的, 世俗Japanese
- whakawhenuaMāori
- seculier, wereldlijkDutch
- świeckiPolish
- secularPortuguese
- laicRomanian
- светский, мирской, секулярныйRussian
- långsamt skeende, sekulärSwedish
- світськийUkrainian
- thế tụcVietnamese
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