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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTICLERICAL

anticlerical  [ˌæntɪˈklɛrɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTICLERICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anticlerical can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTICLERICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

anticlerical

Anti-clericalism

Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes the clergy for reasons including their actual or alleged power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvement in the everyday life of the citizen, their privileges, or their enforcement of orthodoxy. Not all anti-clericals are irreligious or anti-religious, some anti-clericals have been religious and have opposed clergy on the basis of institutional issues and/or disagreements in religious interpretation, such as during the Protestant Reformation. Anti-clericalism in one form or another has existed through most of Christian history. Some philosophers of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire, attacked the Catholic Church, its leadership and priests claiming moral corruption of many of its clergy.

Definition of anticlerical in the English dictionary

The definition of anticlerical in the dictionary is opposed to the power and influence of the clergy, esp in politics. Other definition of anticlerical is a supporter of an anticlerical party.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTICLERICAL


alphamerical
ˌælfəˈmɛrɪkəl
alphanumerical
ˌælfənjuːˈmɛrɪkəl
chimerical
kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl
clerical
ˈklɛrɪkəl
congenerical
ˌkɒndʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
electrical
ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl
empirical
ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl
generical
dʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
helispherical
ˌhɛlɪˈsfɛrɪkəl
historical
hɪˈstɒrɪkəl
hysterical
hɪˈstɛrɪkəl
microspherical
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsfɛrɪkəl
nonclerical
ˌnɒnˈklɛrɪkəl
numerical
njuːˈmɛrɪkəl
peripherical
ˌpɛrɪˈfɛrɪkəl
phylacterical
ˌfɪlækˈtɛrɪkəl
rhinocerical
ˌraɪnəˈsɛrɪkəl
spherical
ˈsfɛrɪkəl
theatrical
θɪˈætrɪkəl
unclerical
ʌnˈklɛrɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTICLERICAL

anticivic
anticivism
anticize
antick
anticke
anticlassical
anticlastic
anticlericalism
anticlimactic
anticlimactical
anticlimactically
anticlimax
anticlinal
anticline
anticling
anticlinoria
anticlinorium
anticlockwise
anticlotting
anticly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTICLERICAL

ahistorical
allegorical
aspherical
asymmetrical
bioelectrical
biometrical
categorical
chemical
diametrical
geometrical
hemispherical
lyrical
metaphorical
metrical
obstetrical
rhetorical
satirical
semiempirical
symmetrical
unhistorical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of anticlerical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anticlerical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTICLERICAL

Find out the translation of anticlerical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anticlerical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anticlerical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣职者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anticlerical
570 millions of speakers

English

anticlerical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anticlerical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيطره القساوسه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антиклерикальной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anticlerical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

anticlerical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anticlérical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antiklerikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

antiklerikal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

教権反対の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교권 개입에 반대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antiklerikal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản đối giáo hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

anticlerical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलंकारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

papaz sınıfına karşı olan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anticlericale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antyklerykalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиклерикальною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anticlerical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντικληρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antiklerikaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anticlerical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anticlerical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anticlerical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTICLERICAL»

The term «anticlerical» is regularly used and occupies the 100.340 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTICLERICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anticlerical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anticlerical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anticlerical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTICLERICAL»

Discover the use of anticlerical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anticlerical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain
This journey through the messages in the anticlerical industry of radical republicans led by José Nakens reveals a number of factors that should be kept in mind. First and foremost is that the anticlerical industry was nationalist. The production ...
Enrique Sanabria, 2009
2
The Stereotype of the Priest in the Old French Fabliaux: ...
The Old French fabliaux may be notorious for their bawdy content, but few aspects of these medieval comic narratives are as astonishing as their depiction of the parish priest, whose fiscal and sexual transgressions are on occasion so ...
Daron Burrows, Daron Lee Burrows, 2005
3
Anticlerical Alliances: Jews and the Church Question in ...
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Alexander Joskowicz, Christopher J Davis, 2011
4
Spain: The Root and the Flower : an Interpretation of Spain ...
All of these people called themselves Republicans, and a large majority of them were anticlerical. This opposition to the church as a political influence had become one of the marked characteristics of Spanish liberalism in general. Under the ...
John Armstrong Crow, 2005
5
Anticlericalism: in late medieval and early modern Europe
In forty-one essays eminent historians of culture, religion, and social history redefine and redirect the debate regarding the scope and impact of European anticlericalism during the period 1300-1700.
Peter A. Dykema, Heiko Augustinus Oberman, 1993
6
Issues in the Spanish-speaking World
which gave voice to their political grievances and to their growing anticlerical sentiments. By the end of the nineteenth century, Spanish intellectuals were talking about the two Spains: one yearning to be progressive, democratic and decidedly ...
Janice W. Randle, 2003
7
Rethinking the Center: Party Politics in Nineteenth-And ...
Though the underlying structure of the party system continued to correspond roughly to the tripartite division of political forces which had emerged as a result of the institutionalization of the clerical-anticlerical conflicts of the nineteenth century, ...
Timothy Scully, 1992
8
Selling the Church: The English Parish in Law, Commerce, and ...
The Legislative History of the Statutes of 1529 The statutes of 1529 were in nature reformist and royalist, but not anticlerical. Nothing in the statutes sought to abolish the clerical order; the intent was only to bring the clerical order more, but not ...
Robert C. Palmer, 2002
9
Fifteenth-Century Studies
“Be. Ware. of. the. Key”: Anticlerical. Critique. in. the. “Play. of. the. Sacrament”. Ethan Campbell The Croxton Play of the Sacrament, an East Anglian eucharistic miracle play which purports to dramatize events that took place in Spain in 1461,  ...
Barbara I. Gusick, Matthew Z. Heintzelman, 2011
10
Spanish Catholicism: An Historical Overview
The radicalization of anticlerical feeling that developed after 1931 was of such an intensity that it often seems difficult to comprehend. The extreme Spanish anticlericalism of the Republican decade built of course on the classical nineteenth- ...
Stanley G. Payne, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTICLERICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anticlerical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nun puts aside habit to be radical candidate in Catalan elections
“People are still very anticlerical and with the history we had with Franco in power, it is understandable.” However, the fact she is critical of the ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
Meet the nun on a mission to purify Spanish politics
“A lot of people are still very anticlerical and with the history we had with Franco in power, it is understandable that there are many progressive ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Tom, Jerry and 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders': Cat, Mouse and …
Consistently and humorously anticlerical, “Valerie” is a movie in which the old seek to prey upon the young. Valerie's wheyfaced grandmother ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Planets and meteor showers in July
It has nothing to do with the colour of the moon, but with the anticlerical poem written in 1528 by the friars Roy and Barlow – All Church men are ... «News24, Jul 15»
5
Six months on, we are not all Charlie
... tradition (no, we do not have an equivalent) of anticlerical humor that seeks to prevent the sacred from infringing, unchecked, on the secular. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
6
La acusación contra Maestre pide que Iglesias declare como testigo
... de alguna forma, estaba al tanto de ese «comportamiento anticlerical» que tenía la asociación Contrapoder o Rosa Que Te Quiero Rosa. «La Razón, Jun 15»
7
In Turin, Pope recalls charism of Salesians' Don Bosco
... Italy's dark past, saying it was “full” of the masonry – and he described the end of the 1800's as “priest-eating, anticlerical, and even demonic. «Vatican Radio, Jun 15»
8
Napoleon and Christianity
In France, Napoleon inherited the anticlerical legacy of the French Revolution that had split the clergy between those who had sworn ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
9
Turkey: Instability Ahead
He was an anticlerical Jacobin who sought to “modernize” his country. Central to his Jacobinism was the French view of the relations between ... «Toward Freedom, Jun 15»
10
Faith in ferment
This era teems with the ghosts of historical myths and the products of generations of anticlerical propaganda, which together constitute a ... «The Christian Century, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Anticlerical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anticlerical>. Apr 2024 ».
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