In this article, I wish to re-examine the French and republican model of secularism in terms of its uniqueness and originality, which are often self-proclaimed in order to measure the degree of accuracy and the share of inventiveness and related representations. In the first place, I will ask myself whether this French-style secularism constitutes a form of "cultural exception" in its own right and, secondly, what contagious influence may have had this French secular paradigm in the world.