secularization

• secularisation (non-Oxford British English)

From secularize +‎ -ation.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkjələɹaɪˌzeɪʃən/, /ˈsɛkjələɹəˌzeɪʃən/

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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.
3. The act of becoming secular.
   • 1989 November 29, Eric O. Hanson, “What the Continent Needs Is a Soul : Europe: The Pope and the Soviet leader will meet as partners in a common cause: the evolution of a new world from the Atlantic to the Urals.”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 January 2025:

     Wojtyla and Mazowiecki come from the same Krakow intellectual circles that advocated the secularization of politics and led the recent efforts for Polish-Jewish dialogue.

   • 2007 August 15, Paul Vitello, “When ‘Christmas Concert’ Are Fighting Words”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     [C]onservative Christian organizations have pushed back against what they describe as the secularization of Christmas.

   • 2021 June 24, Roberta Smith, “For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 June 2021:

     [H]e took advantage of several developments: the ongoing secularization of art and painting’s growing attention to actual people, and its rising status as portable market commodity.

• deconfessionalization, deconsecration, desacralization, laicization

• desecularization