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title: "Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics"  
description: "Secularism is an increasingly hot topic in public, political, and religious debate across the globe. Here's some facts about Secularism"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-30  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1708/interesting-facts-about-secularism-the-most-misused-term-in-indian-politics  
category: "politics"  
tags: ["Secularism", "secular", "society", "secular society", "Secularism in Indian", "politics of secularism"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics

![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/b474b27b-7440-401a-baa5-b6a8cfa52659.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/1de86004-4de1-4c08-8da2-f06b9aafc03e.jpeg) The term was coined by George Holyoake in 1851. It originally denoted a system which sought to order and interpret life on principles taken solely ![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/cb182754-ee63-47f4-aa83-3e74568ade85.jpeg) Some religious practices have been secularised and made so popular that the associations with religion are not always discussed ![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/fcb1bdd3-1655-4a8f-887f-a9d409d44d12.jpeg) Usually secularism focuses on religion however it also demarcates the secular from other phenomena including superstition, sacred, and metaphysical ![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/b474b27b-7440-401a-baa5-b6a8cfa52659.jpeg) More individualistic capitalist societies could just be changing the way we engage with belief systems, making them less recognisably religious. ![Interesting facts about Secularism the most misused term in Indian politics](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/81b9bbf6-1da1-4c59-b7f9-9121ae9cf443/images/5f2e0e25-f7cd-4e68-a512-98031045ed2a.jpeg) A secular society is simply one in which the state itself takes a neutral view with respect to religion, and protects the freedom of individuals

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