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Noun: anticlericalism  ,an-tee'kle-ri-ku,li-z(u)m or ,an,tI'kle-ri-ku,li-z(u)m [N. Amer], ,an-ti'kle-ri-ku,li-z(u)m [Brit]
  1. Opposition to political influence of clerics
    "The rise of anticlericalism led to reforms separating church and state"

Derived forms: anticlericalisms

Encyclopedia: Anticlericalism