anticlericalism
"anticlericalism" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anticlericalism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The opposition to political influence of clerics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anticlericalism · anticlericalism · English
anticlericalism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticlericalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anticlericalism” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anticlericalism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The opposition to political influence of clerics.".
anticlericalism has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anticlerical + -ism. The correct English form is anticlericalism, spelled A-N-T-I-C-L-E-R-I-C-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1The opposition to political influence of clerics.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anticlericalism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But contacts of this kind between a senior politician of the Republic and the Catholic Church were matters of the greatest delicacy in pre-1914 France, where anticlericalism was the default setting of the political culture.
Etymology
From anticlerical + -ism.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.