secularises
Strips religious character
Secularises is the British spelling of secularizes.
To secularise is to remove religious character or influence from something, making it worldly or nonreligious: The government secularised the education system.
Institutions, societies, or practices can be secularised when they shift from religious to civil control or lose their sacred associations.
Religion losing social significance
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- deconsecrationRemoval of sacred status
- separationState of being apart
- disaffiliationFormal separation from organization
church-state · privatization · institutional · governmental · educational · legislative · constitutional · reform
Relating to chronology
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- earthlyOf this world
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
civil · civic · lay · nonreligious · nonsacred · everyday · ordinary · common
Reason as knowledge source
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
agnosticism · atheism · freethought · naturalism · positivism · enlightenment · irreligion · nonbelief
Adoption of current methods
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
diversity · inclusivity · individualism · democratization · westernization · globalization · progressivism · reform
secularization
Religion losing social significance
- disestablishmentWithdrawal of official status
- deconsecrationRemoval of sacred status
- separationState of being apart
disaffiliation · church-state · privatization · institutional · governmental · educational · legislative · constitutional · reform · transition
temporal
Relating to chronology
profane · civil · civic · lay · nonreligious · nonsacred · everyday · ordinary · common · practical
rationalism
Reason as knowledge source
- humanismPhilosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
materialism · agnosticism · atheism · freethought · naturalism · positivism · enlightenment · irreligion · nonbelief · worldview
modernization
Adoption of current methods
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
tolerance · diversity · inclusivity · individualism · democratization · westernization · globalization · progressivism · reform · emancipation
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
holidays · festivals · rites · practices · symbols · marriage · burial · naming · observances · heritage
secularisesconsecrates
Makes ritually holy
sanctifies · hallows · blesses · beatifies · canonises