Capitalism vs. Secularism

Capitalismnoun

(politics) A socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources or capital.

Secularismnoun

A position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions

Capitalismnoun

(economics) An economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

Secularismnoun

The related political belief in the separation of church and state

Capitalismnoun

A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

Secularismnoun

The state or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.

Capitalismnoun

An economic system based on the abstraction of resources into the form of privately owned capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

Secularismnoun

The tenets or principles of the secularists.

Capitalismnoun

An economic system based on predominantly private (individual or corporate) investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods and wealth; contrasted with socialism or especially communism, in which the state has the predominant role in the economy.

Secularismnoun

a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

Capitalismnoun

an economic system based on private ownership of capital

Secularismnoun

the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions

‘he believes that secularism means no discrimination against anybody in the name of religion’;

Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, a price system, private property and the recognition of property rights, voluntary exchange and wage labor.

Secularism

Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on secular, naturalistic considerations. It is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civic affairs and the state, and may be broadened to a similar position concerning the need to remove or minimalize the role of religion in any public sphere.