Desacralize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the sacredness of. transitive

    "If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness."

  2. 2
    transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
desanctifydesanctifydesecratedesecratesecularizesecularize

Example

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"If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness."

Etymology

From de- + sacralize.

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