secularization meaning

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secularization (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.

Spelling: secularisation (British) · secularization (American)

secularization has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

secularization as a noun

  1. 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

    Synonyms: secularisation

    Type of: change

    Related forms: secularize

  2. transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession

    Synonyms: secularisation

    Type of: transfer

    Related forms: secularize

Scrabble score: 25 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in ON · 14-letter words

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