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anticlericalism

Noun

Meaning

anticlericalism (uncountable)

The opposition to political influence of clerics.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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After O'Higgins went into exile in 1823, civil conflict continued, focusing mainly on the issues of anticlericalism and regionalism. Source: Internet

After the notoriety surrounding the event, Carrel could not obtain a hospital appointment because of the pervasive anticlericalism in the French university system at the time. Source: Internet

O'Higgins alienated liberals and provincials with his authoritarianism, conservatives and the church with his anticlericalism, and landowners with his proposed reforms of the land tenure system. Source: Internet

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