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laïcité

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
laicite
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.

Uncountable

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

laïcités (plural) laicity (alternative)

Questions

What does laïcité mean?
Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution.
Where does laïcité come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité.

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