"secularization" meaning in English

See secularization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: secularizations [plural]
Etymology: From secular + -ization. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|secular|ization}} secular + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secularization (countable and uncountable, plural secularizations), {{tlb|en|American spelling|Oxford British spelling}} (American spelling, Oxford British English)
  1. The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Translations (transformation of values from religious to non-religious): secularización [feminine] (Asturian), секулярыза́цыя (sjekuljaryzácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), secularització [feminine] (Catalan), secularisatie [feminine] (Dutch), maallistuminen (Finnish), sekularisaatio (Finnish), sécularisation [feminine] (French), laïcisation [feminine] (French), secularización [feminine] (Galician), სეკულარიზაცია (seḳularizacia) (Georgian), Säkularisation [feminine] (German), εκκοσμίκευση (ekkosmíkefsi) [feminine] (Greek), szekularizáció (Hungarian), sekularisasi (Indonesian), secolarizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 世俗化 (sezokuka) (Japanese), laicyzacja [feminine] (Polish), sekularyzacja [feminine] (Polish), secularização [feminine] (Portuguese), секуляриза́ция (sekuljarizácija) [feminine] (Russian), secularización [feminine] (Spanish), секуляриза́ція (sekuljaryzácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The deconsecration of a church. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-secularization-en-noun-oOSBt4Ji
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deconfessionalization, deconsecration, desacralization, laicization, secularisation (english: non-Oxford British English) Related terms: secular, secularizable, secularize, secularizer

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      "word": "secularização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sekuljarizácija",
      "sense": "transformation of values from religious to non-religious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секуляриза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transformation of values from religious to non-religious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secularización"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sekuljaryzácija",
      "sense": "transformation of values from religious to non-religious",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секуляриза́ція"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "secularization"
  ],
  "word": "secularization"
}

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