deconfessionalization

• deconfessionalisation

deconfessionalize +‎ -ation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːkənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

deconfessionalization (plural deconfessionalizations)

1. The removal of the influence of a particular religion (from).
   • 1986, Henry Milner, Long Road to Reform: Restructuring Public Education in Quebec, Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     Because of the constitutional obstacles, it is possible to discern a link between Laurin’s attempt to strengthen the schools at the expense of the boards and the long-sought deconfessionalization of the system.

• secularization

• desecularization

• confessionalization