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desacralizing

desacralizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about desacralizing

What is desacralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Desacralizing is the present participle and gerund of desacralize.

Words near desacralizing in the dictionary

  1. desacralization
  2. desacralizations
  3. desacralize
  4. desacralized
  5. desacralizes
  6. desacralizing
  7. Desaguadero
  8. desai
  9. desais
  10. desakota
  11. desakotas

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