secularising
Stripping sacred elements
Secularising is the British spelling of secularizing—removing religious influence or character from something.
Governments secularise when they separate church from state.
Institutions secularise by replacing religious authority with civil or scientific frameworks.
A society secularises as traditional religious observance declines: The country has been steadily secularising since the 1960s.
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- deconversionAbandoning religious belief
godlessness · anticlericalism · demystification · disenchantment · profanation · unbelief · nonbelief · dechristianization
Withdrawal of official status
- separationState of being apart
- deconsecrationRemoval of sacred status
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- privatizationState sells public assets
deregulation · reform · disaffiliation · constitutional · legislative · governmental · policy · statute
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
skepticism · freethought · enlightenment · reason · liberalism · positivism · scientism · pragmatism
Relating to chronology
- earthlyOf this world
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- layPlace down flat
civic · civil · public · nonreligious · laic · humanistic · material · terrestrial
Adoption of current methods
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
liberalization · democratization · education · science · technology · capitalism · pluralism · cosmopolitanism
atheism
Rejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- irreligionAbsence of faith
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
deconversion · godlessness · anticlericalism · demystification · disenchantment · profanation · unbelief · nonbelief · dechristianization
disestablishment
Withdrawal of official status
- separationState of being apart
- deconsecrationRemoval of sacred status
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
privatization · deregulation · reform · disaffiliation · constitutional · legislative · governmental · policy · statute · mandate
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
naturalism · skepticism · freethought · enlightenment · reason · liberalism · positivism · scientism · pragmatism · existentialism
temporal
Relating to chronology
lay · civic · civil · public · nonreligious · laic · humanistic · material · terrestrial · corporeal
modernization
Adoption of current methods
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
westernization · liberalization · democratization · education · science · technology · capitalism · pluralism · cosmopolitanism · diversification
secularisingsanctifying
Making sacred or holy
Christianising · consecrating · evangelising · hallowing · proselytising
secularisingsanctifying
Making sacred or holy
consecrating · hallowing · blessing · dedicating · enshrining
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