The English Oracle

What is a good substitute that is less localized than "secular"?

--------------------------------------------------
Rise to the top 3% as a developer or hire one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
--------------------------------------------------

Music by Eric Matyas
https://www.soundimage.org
Track title: Lost Civilization

--

Chapters
00:00 What Is A Good Substitute That Is Less Localized Than &Quot;Secular&Quot;?
00:46 Accepted Answer Score 8
00:59 Answer 2 Score 5
01:19 Thank you

--

Full question
https://english.stackexchange.com/questi...

--

Content licensed under CC BY-SA
https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/lice...

--

Tags
#synonyms

#avk47



ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 8


Secular is perfect as far as I can see. It carries no 'local' connotations. You might perhaps use 'humanist'.




ANSWER 2

Score 5


If you are looking for a term to convey the opposite of superstition, the broader process of organising society according to non-superstitious principles, you might use "rationalisation" and "rational", or perhaps "evidence-based", "empiricism", and "science". But you've probably already considered those terms.