secularization
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English secular (of related to centuries).
Origin
English
secular
Gloss
of related to centuries
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisecular English
- desecularization English
- intersecular English
- intrasecular English
- multisecular English
- nonsecular English
- palaeosecular English
- paleosecular English
- plurisecular English
- pro-secular English
- pseudosecular English
- secular English
- secularisation English
- secularism English
- secularist English
- secularity English
- secularize English
- secularly English
- secularness English
- semisecular English
- supersecular English
- unsecular English
- seculer Old French