单词 | desacralization |
释义 | desacralizationn. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1911 |
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