secularization

English

Alternative forms

• secularisation

Etymology

secular +‎ -ization

Noun

secularization (countable and uncountable, plural secularizations)

1. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
2. The deconsecration of a church.

Translations

transformation of values from religious to non-religious

• Catalan: secularització (ca) f
• Galician: secularización (gl) f
• German: Säkularisation (de) f
• Greek: εκκοσμίκευση (el) f (ekkosmíkefsi)
• Hungarian: szekularizáció (hu)
• Indonesian: sekularisasi (id)
• Japanese: 世俗化 (sezokuka)
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• Polish: laicyzacja (pl) f, sekularyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: secularização f
• Russian: секуляризация (ru) f (sekuljarizacija)
• Spanish: secularización (es) f