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desacralization|diːˌsækrəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. de- II. 1 + sacral a.2 + -ize + -ation.]
a. The process of the ritual removal of a taboo.
b. Secularization; the process of rendering something less sacred. So deˈsacralize v. trans.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 338/2 Temporary direct taboos, whether natural or acquired, may be removed by a process of desacralization or of purification. Thus, new crops are frequently taboo till the chief has partaken of them;..and the crops thus desacralized become free to all. 1942H. Webster Taboo i. 34 A state of taboo which has been formally imposed by the constituted authorities may be as formally lifted by an act of desacralization. 1959W. R. Trask tr. Eliade's Sacred & Profane 13 Desacralization pervades the entire experience of the nonreligious man of modern societies. Ibid., The man who lives..in a desacralized world. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media xv. 155 The visual desacralizes the universe and produces the ‘nonreligious man of modern societies’. 1967C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. i. 183 Thus, nature, the State and society have all been desacralized. |