A philosophical or religious belief system that opposes formal ceremonies and emphasizes simplicity and directness in spiritual or social practices.
Anticeremonial + -ism (a system or practice). The suffix -ism converts the adjective into a noun representing an ideological movement or doctrine. This term developed during religious reformation periods when groups actively rejected ceremonial traditions.
Anticeremonialism became a rallying cry for reform movements—the Quakers, for instance, built their entire faith on this principle, meeting in plain rooms with no rituals, which was revolutionary in the 1600s.
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