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SECULARIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
Synonyms:
secularisation; secularization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("secularization" is a kind of...):
transfer; transference (transferring ownership)
Derivation:
secularize (transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
Synonyms:
secularisation; secularization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("secularization" is a kind of...):
change (the action of changing something)
Derivation:
secularize (make secular and draw away from a religious orientation)
