desanctification
Stripping sacred status
Desanctification is the removal of sacred status from something previously considered holy or consecrated.
A church converted to condominiums undergoes desanctification.
The term extends to secular contexts where revered institutions or figures lose their protected status: The desanctification of the presidency accelerated after Watergate.
The opposite of sanctification.
Removal of sacred status
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- disenchantmentLoss of cherished belief
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
worldliness · irreligion · demystification · rationalization · modernization · liberalization · humanism · agnosticism
Violation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- defilementAct of corrupting purity
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
contempt · dishonor · degradation · violation · impiety · disdain · mockery · scorn
Proving claims false
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
delegitimization · dethroning · humanization · normalization · reappraisal · revisionism · critique · skepticism
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
- disenchantmentLoss of cherished belief
disillusion · apostasy · lapsing · deconversion · doubt · questioning · departure · abandonment
deconsecration
Removal of sacred status
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- disenchantmentLoss of cherished belief
secularism · worldliness · irreligion · demystification · rationalization · modernization · liberalization · humanism · agnosticism · skepticism
sacrilege
Violation of the hallowed
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- defilementAct of corrupting purity
profanity · contempt · dishonor · degradation · violation · impiety · disdain · mockery · scorn · vandalism
debunking
Proving claims false
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- demystificationExplaining the obscure
unmasking · delegitimization · dethroning · humanization · normalization · reappraisal · revisionism · critique · skepticism · reassessment
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disconnectionState of being severed
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disaffectionLoss of loyalty
disenchantment · disillusion · apostasy · lapsing · deconversion · doubt · questioning · departure · abandonment
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Making someone or something sacred
consecration · sacralization · hallowing · blessing · sanctifying
desanctificationveneration
Profound admiring respect
glorification · exaltation · enshrinement · reverence · apotheosis
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