#secularization
- Anticlerical — Opposing clericalism, the excessive influence of the clergy or church institutions in the political, social, cultural, and administrative life of a state; a proponent of secularism and the strict separation of church and state. As a noun, it defines a person or political militant who critiques ecclesiastical privileges and advocates for the secularization of public institutions.
- Anticlerical — A woman or activist who opposes clericalism and the political influence of the church in the state. As an adjective, it represents the feminine form of 'anticlerical', describing an attitude, movement, law, publication, or ideology that promotes secularism, the secularization of society, and the elimination of ecclesiastical privileges.
- Atheization (regional) — The act of 'ateia' and its result; a popular, archaic, or regional process describing the transition from a state of religious belief to atheism or freethought. It represents the noun form of the regional verb 'ateia' and is used in dialectal studies or historical secular documents to denote laicization, the spread of materialism, or the voluntary abandonment of ecclesiastical dogmas within a community.