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secularization

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From secularize +‎ -ation.[1]

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secularization (countable and uncountable, plural secularizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
  2. The deconsecration of a church.
  3. The act of becoming secular.
    • 1989 November 29, Eric O. Hanson, “What the Continent Needs Is a Soul : Europe: The Pope and the Soviet leader will meet as partners in a common cause: the evolution of a new world from the Atlantic to the Urals.”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 January 2025:
      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.
    • 2007 August 15, Paul Vitello, “When ‘Christmas Concert’ Are Fighting Words”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:
      [C]onservative Christian organizations have pushed back against what they describe as the secularization of Christmas.
    • 2021 June 24, Roberta Smith, “For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show”, in The New York Times‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 June 2021:
      [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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  1. ^ “secularization, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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