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desacralise

desacralise is the alternative form of desacralize.

Meaning of desacralize

Verb

desacralize (third-person singular simple present desacralizes, present participle desacralizing, simple past and past participle desacralized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the sacredness of.
    • If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 47

Forms of desacralise

third-person singular presentdesacralises
present participledesacralising
past participledesacralised
pastdesacralised

Questions about desacralise

What is desacralise the alternative form of?
Desacralise is the alternative form of desacralize.

Words near desacralise in the dictionary

  1. desacetylnerigoside
  2. desacetyloleandrin
  3. desacetyls
  4. desacetylscilliroside
  5. desacralisation
  6. desacralise
  7. desacralised
  8. desacralises
  9. desacralising
  10. desacralization
  11. desacralizations

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