laicism

laic +‎ -ism

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.ɪ.sɪz.əm/, /ˈleɪ.ə.sɪz.əm/

laicism (countable and uncountable, plural laicisms)

1. (especially in reference to Turkey) Secularism.
   • 2010, L. Cady, Comparative Secularisms in a Global Age, page 124:

     In a speech in commemoration of the 67th anniversary of the insertion of the principle of laicism into the Turkish constitution, he gave the following ideal typical Kemalist account of laicism: National sovereignty is grounded in the foundation of laicism.

   • 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century‎, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:

     As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.

• Islamic, Islāmic

Borrowed from French laïcisme.

laicism n (uncountable)

1. secularism