Desanctify

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the sanctified status of. transitive

    "His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are."

Example

More examples

"His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are."

Etymology

From de- + sanctify.

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