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deritualize

deritualize verb: to reduce from the status of ritual.

Verb

deritualize (third-person singular simple present deritualizes, present participle deritualizing, simple past and past participle deritualized)

  1. (transitive) To reduce from the status of ritual.

Forms of deritualize

third-person singular presentderitualizes
present participlederitualizing
past participlederitualized
pastderitualized

Origin of deritualize

From de- + ritualize.

Questions about deritualize

What does deritualize mean?
Deritualize means to reduce from the status of ritual.
What part of speech is deritualize?
Deritualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deritualize?
The past tense of deritualize is deritualized.

Words near deritualize in the dictionary

  1. derisoriness
  2. derisory
  3. Deritend
  4. deritualization
  5. deritualizations
  6. deritualize
  7. deritualized
  8. deritualizes
  9. deritualizing
  10. deriv
  11. deriv.

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