secularization

English

Alternative forms

secularisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

secular +‎ -ization

Noun

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

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

Antonyms

desecularization

Related terms

Translations

transformation of values from religious to non-religious

Asturian: secularización f
Belarusian: секулярыза́цыя f (sjekuljaryzácyja)
Catalan: secularització (ca) f
Dutch: secularisatie (nl) f
Finnish: maallistuminen, sekularisaatio
French: sécularisation (fr) f, laïcisation (fr) f
Galician: secularización (gl) f
Georgian: სეკულარიზაცია (seḳularizacia)
German: Säkularisation (de) f
Greek: εκκοσμίκευση (el) f (ekkosmíkefsi)
Hungarian: szekularizáció (hu)
Indonesian: sekularisasi (id)
Italian: secolarizzazione (it) f
Japanese: 世俗化 (sezokuka)
Polish: laicyzacja (pl) f, sekularyzacja (pl) f
Portuguese: secularização f
Russian: секуляриза́ция (ru) f (sekuljarizácija)
Spanish: secularización (es) f
Ukrainian: секуляриза́ція f (sekuljaryzácija)

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