Definition of Secularization

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Secularisation
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Secularise, Secularize

2. Noun. Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession.
Exact synonyms: Secularisation
Generic synonyms: Transfer, Transference
Derivative terms: Secularize

Definition of Secularization

1. n. The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.

Definition of Secularization

1. Noun. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Secularization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secularization

secular humanism
secular progressivism
secularisation
secularise
secularised
secularises
secularising
secularism
secularisms
secularist
secularistic
secularists
secularities
secularity
secularizable
secularization (current term)
secularizations
secularize
secularized
secularizer
secularizers
secularizes
secularizing
secularly
secularness
seculars
seculum
seculums
secund
secundation

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