Definition of de-Christianize in English:

de-Christianize

(British de-Christianise)

verbdiːˈkrɪstʃənʌɪz

[with object]

Remove Christian influences or characteristics from.
Example sentencesExamples
- A decade ago, Irving Kristol warned his kinsmen and co-religionists not to antagonize a huge friendly Christian majority by using the courts to de-Christianize the country.
- I also think that Christians, living in a culture that is rapidly de-Christianizing, are frankly fools for urging an increasingly pagan and anti-Christian state to take up the sword.
- We are increasingly a valueless, de-Christianised society - and we are paying a heavy price for this.
- Our elite culture has been de-Christianized, and the notional faith that I heard preached from the pulpit in Trinity that day amounted to pure concession, Unitarianism in vestments.
- We've been asked time and time again to de-Christianize our Apologia science curriculum.

Derivatives

de-Christianization

noun

Catholicism is more than its priests, and rural de-Christianization is of course not an entirely new phenomenon.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the de-Christianization of death, professional businessmen assumed control over the body and the rituals surrounding its disposal, in the process transforming it into a commodity of interest to a burgeoning industry.
- I see that various authorities are complaining about the de-Christianisation of Christmas, but I'm afraid I don't have much sympathy with that.
- This, you could say, symbolises the de-Christianisation of Christmas.
- Regarding Eamon Duffy's article on the de-Christianization of Europe: the main problem of the Catholic Church is not only the diminishing number of priests and faithful.
- A few years ago, Andrew Greeley published a characteristically lively and upbeat book on the Catholic imagination, one of the subthemes of which was that we should not worry too much about the alleged process of de-Christianization.
- The crises of the past 30 years - the dearth of vocations, the sex scandals, competition from evangelical Protestants, the de-Christianization of Europe - are serious indeed.
- The very de-Christianization of our society is a reversible trend.

Definition of de-Christianize in US English:

de-Christianize

(British de-Christianise)

verbdēˈkrisCHəˌnīz

[with object]

Remove Christian influences or characteristics from.
Example sentencesExamples
- Our elite culture has been de-Christianized, and the notional faith that I heard preached from the pulpit in Trinity that day amounted to pure concession, Unitarianism in vestments.
- A decade ago, Irving Kristol warned his kinsmen and co-religionists not to antagonize a huge friendly Christian majority by using the courts to de-Christianize the country.
- We are increasingly a valueless, de-Christianised society - and we are paying a heavy price for this.
- I also think that Christians, living in a culture that is rapidly de-Christianizing, are frankly fools for urging an increasingly pagan and anti-Christian state to take up the sword.
- We've been asked time and time again to de-Christianize our Apologia science curriculum.

单词	de-Christianize
释义	Definition of de-Christianize in English: de-Christianize (British de-Christianise) verbdiːˈkrɪstʃənʌɪz [with object] Remove Christian influences or characteristics from. Example sentencesExamples A decade ago, Irving Kristol warned his kinsmen and co-religionists not to antagonize a huge friendly Christian majority by using the courts to de-Christianize the country. I also think that Christians, living in a culture that is rapidly de-Christianizing, are frankly fools for urging an increasingly pagan and anti-Christian state to take up the sword. We are increasingly a valueless, de-Christianised society - and we are paying a heavy price for this. Our elite culture has been de-Christianized, and the notional faith that I heard preached from the pulpit in Trinity that day amounted to pure concession, Unitarianism in vestments. We've been asked time and time again to de-Christianize our Apologia science curriculum. Derivatives de-Christianization noun Catholicism is more than its priests, and rural de-Christianization is of course not an entirely new phenomenon. Example sentencesExamples With the de-Christianization of death, professional businessmen assumed control over the body and the rituals surrounding its disposal, in the process transforming it into a commodity of interest to a burgeoning industry. I see that various authorities are complaining about the de-Christianisation of Christmas, but I'm afraid I don't have much sympathy with that. This, you could say, symbolises the de-Christianisation of Christmas. Regarding Eamon Duffy's article on the de-Christianization of Europe: the main problem of the Catholic Church is not only the diminishing number of priests and faithful. A few years ago, Andrew Greeley published a characteristically lively and upbeat book on the Catholic imagination, one of the subthemes of which was that we should not worry too much about the alleged process of de-Christianization. The crises of the past 30 years - the dearth of vocations, the sex scandals, competition from evangelical Protestants, the de-Christianization of Europe - are serious indeed. The very de-Christianization of our society is a reversible trend. Definition of de-Christianize in US English: de-Christianize (British de-Christianise) verbdēˈkrisCHəˌnīz [with object] Remove Christian influences or characteristics from. Example sentencesExamples Our elite culture has been de-Christianized, and the notional faith that I heard preached from the pulpit in Trinity that day amounted to pure concession, Unitarianism in vestments. A decade ago, Irving Kristol warned his kinsmen and co-religionists not to antagonize a huge friendly Christian majority by using the courts to de-Christianize the country. We are increasingly a valueless, de-Christianised society - and we are paying a heavy price for this. I also think that Christians, living in a culture that is rapidly de-Christianizing, are frankly fools for urging an increasingly pagan and anti-Christian state to take up the sword. We've been asked time and time again to de-Christianize our Apologia science curriculum.
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