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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTICLERICALISM

anticlericalism  [ˌæntɪˈklɛrɪkəlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTICLERICALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anticlericalism is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES ANTICLERICALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

anticlericalism

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 anticlericalism in the English dictionary

The definition of anticlericalism in the dictionary is opposition to the power and influence of the clergy, esp in politics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTICLERICALISM


academicalism
ˌækəˈdɛmɪkəlɪzəm
anti-imperialism
ˌæntɪɪmˈpɪərɪəlɪzəm
antiradicalism
ˌæntɪˈrædɪkəlɪzəm
bicameralism
baɪˈkæmərəlɪzəm
bilingualism
baɪˈlɪŋɡwəlɪzəm
commensalism
kəˈmɛnsəlɪzəm
evangelicalism
ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm
exceptionalism
ɪkˈsɛpʃənəlɪzəm
factionalism
ˈfækʃənəlɪzəm
herbalism
ˈhɜːbəlɪzəm
hyperrealism
ˌhaɪpəˈrɪəlɪzəm
matriarchalism
ˌmeɪtrɪˈɑːkəlɪzəm
mechanicalism
mɪˈkænɪkəlɪzəm
neorealism
ˌniːəʊˈriːəlɪzəm
parochialism
pəˈrəʊkɪəlɪzəm
patriarchalism
ˌpeɪtrɪˈɑːkəlɪzəm
practicalism
ˈpræktɪkəlɪzəm
rascalism
ˈrɑːskəlɪzəm
triumphalism
traɪˈʌmfəlɪzəm
unilateralism
ˈjuːnɪˈlætərəlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTICLERICALISM

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTICLERICALISM

brutalism
capitalism
citizen journalism
colonialism
formalism
imperialism
individualism
journalism
liberalism
literalism
materialism
metabolism
minimalism
nationalism
Orientalism
photojournalism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of anticlericalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anticlericalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTICLERICALISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

反教权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anticlericalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

anticlericalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anticlericalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

anticlericalism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антиклерикализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

anticlericalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

anticlericalism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anticléricalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antiklerikalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antiklerikalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

anticlericalism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

anticlericalism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antiklerikalisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

anticlericalism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

anticlericalism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनियंत्रकत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anti-klerikalizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anticlericalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antyklerykalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антиклерикалізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anticlericalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

anticlericalism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Anti-klerikalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anticlericalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antiklerikalismen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anticlericalism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTICLERICALISM»

The term «anticlericalism» is regularly used and occupies the 96.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTICLERICALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anticlericalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anticlericalism» 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 anticlericalism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTICLERICALISM»

Discover the use of anticlericalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anticlericalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
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
2
Piers Plowman and the New Anticlericalism
This book is an extended investigation of the anticlericalism of the medieval English poem Piers Plowman.
Wendy Scase, 2007
3
Idol Temples and Crafty Priests: The Origins of ...
Barnett traces the Christian critique of the Church and its history in Protestant (English) and Catholic (Italian) thought from the reformation to the enlightenment.
S. J. Barnett, 1999
4
The Decameron and the Canterbury Tales: New Essays on an Old ...
The anticlericalism of Boccaccio and Chaucer has long been a truism of both cultural and literary history. If in the wake of the Council of Trent the Catholic hierarchy could not make up its mind about Boccaccio's portrait of the church, moving ...
Leonard Michael Koff, Brenda Deen Schildgen, 2000
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The English Reformation Revised
ANTICLERICALISM. AND. THE. ENGLISH. REFORMATION. CHRISTOPHER. HAIGH. Thinking is a difficult business, and most of us prefer to do as little of it as possible. To avoid the anguish and responsibility of independent thought, we ...
Christopher Haigh, 1987
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The Impact of the European Reformation: Princes, Clergy and ...
What was the relationship between anticlericalism and the Reformation? Was anticlericalism a cause of Reformation, as A.G. Dickens suggested? Was it a result, as I once thought? Or was it neither? In 1983, I argued that the rising social and ...
Bridget Heal, Ole Peter Grell, 2008
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Clerical Celibacy in the West, C.1100-1700
2 For some of the more significant contributions to the debate, see W.W. MacDonald, 'Anticlericalism, Protestantism and the English Reformation', Journal of Church & State, 15 (1973): 21-32; H.J. Cohn, 'Anticlericalism in the German ...
Helen L. Parish, 2010
8
Antifraternalism and Anticlericalism in the German ...
This book looks at the perception of the mendicant orders in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, placing the attacks on them firmly in the context of late medieval inter-clerical rivalries, and examining, in particular, the anticlerical ...
Geoffrey Dipple, 1996
9
Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain
This book analyzes attempts by radical Spanish republicans to construct an anticlerical-nationalist vision of Spain, focusing in particular on the the mass production by the 'anticlertical industry' of newspapers, novels, poems, cartoons, ...
Enrique Sanabria, 2009
10
The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth ...
5. THE. RISE. OF. ANTICLERICALISM. The vaguely anti-church attitudes of the worker combined with neutrality towards religion. He did not identify churches, which he might attack or scorn, with religion which he might well respect even ...
Owen Chadwick, 1975

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTICLERICALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anticlericalism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paris's Secret Garden
... his wife Hélène and their four children—were a comfortable bourgeois, Catholic Parisian family: “They blend[ed] a soft anticlericalism with a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
2
From Left Bank to left behind: where have the great French thinkers …
On the one hand, there has been an ardent tradition of anticlericalism in France, assertively upheld in recent decades by publications such as ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Shared Commitments
There are many contexts in which we can speak of secularist humanism, whether it be the anticlericalism of French republican politicians ... «Commonweal, Jun 15»
4
There's Something About Marriage
Additionally, and also in contrast to Ireland, anticlericalism runs deep in the political culture of Latin America and Spain. Latin American ... «Foreign Affairs, May 15»
5
Krauthammer: Recalling men wielding power in hellish times
That may flatter today's reflexive anticlericalism. But we do well to remember that the centralized state Cromwell helped midwife did prepare the ... «Stockton Record, May 15»
6
Charlie Hebdo deserves praise, but not at all costs
Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists, working in the persistent French spirit of secularism and anticlericalism, saw themselves as caricaturing a ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
7
Mexico's Mystery: Why Were Five Clergy Murdered Last Year?
NEWS ANALYSIS: The world's second-largest Catholic country is plagued by drug-related violence but also a strong current of anticlericalism. «National Catholic Register, Mar 15»
8
After the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher Jewish …
... display characteristic cultural imperialism when they refuse to take into account French traditions of satirical cartooning and anticlericalism (or ... «Workers' Liberty, Mar 15»
9
Richer and Poorer
... as a form of rebellion; old-form anticlericalism morphs into the piety of the secular; the break with convention ends up as the politics of style; ... «The New Yorker, Mar 15»
10
“He Died for Anarchy”
... and the Liberal Mexican political tradition it nominally adhered to a strong sense of anticlericalism and a championing of popular democracy. «CounterPunch, Feb 15»

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