anticlerical
adjective, noun
anticlerical is an adjective meaning “Opposed to political influence of clerics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-E-R-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anticlerical mean?
adjective
- 1
Opposed to political influence of clerics.
noun
- 1
One who opposes the political influence of clerics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anticlerical
- more anticlerical comparative
- most anticlerical superlative
- anticlericals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anticlerical?
Anticlerical appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anticlerical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anticlérical |
| German | antiklerikal , Antikleriker |
| Portuguese | anticlerical, anticlericalista |
| Spanish | anticlerical |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anticlerical come from?
From anti- + clerical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).