Secularization

Definitions

1. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
   British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
2. The deconsecration of a church.
   British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
3. The act of becoming secular.
   British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Wojtyla and Mazowiecki come⟳ from the same Krakow intellectual circles that advocated the secularization of politics and led the recent efforts for Polish-Jewish dialogue.”

“[C]onservative Christian organizations have⟳ pushed back against what they describe⟳ as the secularization of Christmas.”

“[H]e took advantage of several developments: the ongoing secularization of art and painting’s growing attention to actual people, and its rising status as portable market commodity.”

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