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Noun
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But ultimately, basketball agnosticism is the safer bet.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025 -
As if extolling radical agnosticism, the film concludes by discussing the role of women in the church and an intersex cardinal’s laparoscopic hysterectomy before finally tossing its bad faith to a hermaphrodite pope.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And there will also be those who are very religious about their atheism.—
Mike Woodruff,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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In their public rhetoric, the couple also adopted the discourse of televangelists after professing their atheism for many years.—
Gioconda Belli,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2018
Noun
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The bill purports to defend the principle of laïcité, or the secularism embodied in the French constitution and legal framework.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Putin believes in authoritarianism, in a strong Russian state, in the rehabilitation of the country’s Soviet past, and in a Russian civilization that is superior to a West corrupted by secularism and individualism.—
Rich Lowry,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Know-nothingism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/know-nothingism. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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