secularise
Strip religious character
Secularise is the British spelling of secularize, meaning to remove religious influence or control from something.
Governments secularise when they separate church and state functions; institutions secularise when they shift from religious to civil authority.
The revolution sought to secularise education and marriage.
The process can also describe a broader cultural shift away from religious observance toward secular values and worldviews.
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- atheismRejection of deities
- freethoughtReason-based belief formation
materialism · naturalism · skepticism · nonreligious · irreligion · empiricism · enlightenment · positivism
Remove clerical status
- deconsecrateRemove sacred designation
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- disendowStrip of endowment
- disaffiliateEnd formal membership
neutralize · demystify · rationalize · disenchant · temporalize · profane · separation · reform
Coexistence of differing views
- diversityState of varied elements
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
coexistence · integration · public sphere · citizenship · civil society · modernity · liberalization · westernization
Condition or mode
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- separationState of being apart
neutrality · civil · statecraft · republic · pluralism · democracy · disestablishment · public
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- atheismRejection of deities
freethought · materialism · naturalism · skepticism · nonreligious · irreligion · empiricism · enlightenment · positivism · modernism
laicize
Remove clerical status
- deconsecrateRemove sacred designation
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- disendowStrip of endowment
disaffiliate · neutralize · demystify · rationalize · disenchant · temporalize · profane · separation · reform · transition
pluralism
Coexistence of differing views
- diversityState of varied elements
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
multiculturalism · coexistence · integration · public sphere · citizenship · civil society · modernity · liberalization · westernization · globalization
state
Condition or mode
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
separation · neutrality · civil · statecraft · republic · pluralism · democracy · disestablishment · public · institutional
secularisesacralize
Make something religiously significant
spiritualize · divinize · theologize · Christianize · make sacred
secularism, secularist, secularization, secularize, secularity, secularized, secularised, secularizes, secularises