secularization

English

Alternative forms

• secularisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

secular +‎ -ization

Noun

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

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.

Synonyms

• deconfessionalization, deconsecration, desacralization, laicization

Antonyms

• desecularization

Related terms

• secular
• secularizable
• secularize
• secularizer

 

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)