secularization

Meanings

Plural: secularizations

Noun

• the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
• transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
• The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
• The deconsecration of a church.

Synonyms

deconfessionalization, deconsecration, desacralization, laicization, secularisation

Antonyms

desecularization

Related Words

secular, secularizable, secularize, secularizer