Definitions

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  • adjective Not secular; religious.
  • adjective atomic physics Perturbed over time.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ secular

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Examples

  • Had Mr. Erdogan advocated nonsecular law in Egypt, that would likely have created political waves at home.

    Islamists Criticize Turkish Premier's 'Secular' Remarks Marc Champion 2011

  • Here at Intersections, we spearhead the Believe Out Loud project, an unprecedented coalition of secular and nonsecular national organizations to advance the existing Christian movement for LGBT equality in the United States.

    Joseph Ward III: Dear Ugandan Christians: Stop Torturing Your Citizens Joseph Ward III 2011

  • "They have rights, but they can't turn Egypt into a nonsecular state," he said.

    Muslim Brotherhood Raises Its Sights in Egypt Matt Bradley 2011

  • Here at Intersections, we spearhead the Believe Out Loud project, an unprecedented coalition of secular and nonsecular national organizations to advance the existing Christian movement for LGBT equality in the United States.

    Joseph Ward III: Dear Ugandan Christians: Stop Torturing Your Citizens Joseph Ward III 2011

  • Reaching beyond a religious-secular binary, Paul Hamilton analyzes romantic conversation as a form of the "nonsecular."

    About This Volume 2008

  • And Paul Hamilton identifies a nonsecular cosmopolitanism variously anticipated and enacted by romantic models of conversation.

    Introduction 2008

  • Metaromanticism into the domain of what he here calls the "nonsecular."

    Introduction 2008

  • As progressives, whether secular or nonsecular, we are people who care about tolerance.

    Lisa and Michael Littman: The War Against Getting Along 2009

  • As William Pfaff pointed out in a recent column in the International Herald Tribune, the US would still be trapped in a cultural and religious war, trying to impose American democratic and secular values on a tribal, nonsecular society.

    Bummy Fred 2009

  • To be honest, I had split religion along the seam of secular and nonsecular; choosing to concentrate on the beauty of a Caravaggio without noticing the Madonna and child; or finding the best lamb recipe for a lavish Easter dinner, without thinking about the Passion.

    Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

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