desacralize
desacralize verb: to remove the sacredness of.
Verb
desacralize (third-person singular simple present desacralizes, present participle desacralizing, simple past and past participle desacralized)
- 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
- Still, certain programmatic commitments [of avant-garde art] can be identified: championing the volatile eventness of corporeal performances, […] consciously embracing the desacralizing and subversive, and disrupting conventional norms by placing the strange and unexpected in otherwise banal places.2013, Isher-Paul Sahni, “More than Horseplay”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 35, page 74
- Synonyms:
- desanctify, desecrate
Synonyms of desacralize
Antonyms
Forms of desacralize
| third-person singular present | desacralizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | desacralizing |
| past participle | desacralized |
| past | desacralized |
| alternative form | desacralise |
Origin of desacralize
From de- + sacralize.
Words formed from desacralize
Questions about desacralize
- What does desacralize mean?
- Desacralize means to remove the sacredness of.
- What part of speech is desacralize?
- Desacralize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of desacralize?
- The past tense of desacralize is desacralized.
Words near desacralize in the dictionary
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