desacralizationn.
/diːˌsakrəlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The process of the ritual removal of a taboo.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > removal of taboo
desacralization1911
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 338/2 Temporary direct taboos, whether natural or acquired, may be removed by a process of desacralization or of purification.
1942 H. 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.
2. Secularization; the process of rendering something less sacred.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > [noun]
secularization1706
deconsecration1867
laicizing1884
desacralization1959
1959 W. R. Trask tr. M. Eliade Sacred & Profane 13 Desacralization pervades the entire experience of the nonreligious man of modern societies.
Derivatives
deˈsacralize v. transitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > make secular [verb (transitive)]
worldlify1612
secularize1707
unspiritualizea1716
temporalize1828
disconsecrate1838
despiritualize1868
laicize1870
deconsecrate1876
desacralize1911
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 338/2 New crops are frequently taboo till the chief has partaken of them;..and the crops thus desacralized become free to all.
1959 W. R. Trask tr. M. Eliade Sacred & Profane 13 The man who lives..in a desacralized world.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xv. 155 The visual desacralizes the universe and produces the ‘nonreligious man of modern societies’.
1967 C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. i. 183 Thus, nature, the State and society have all been desacralized.
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