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laicisation

laicisation is the alternative spelling of laicization.

Meaning of laicization

Noun

laicization (countable and uncountable, plural laicizations)

  1. The act of laicizing.
    • The main task of the present phase of history is to restore to man his alienated essence, by liberating the spirit from the bonds of Christian mythology and freeing the state from religion. A practical consequence of Bauer's historiosophy was the call for the laicization of public life.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...
    Synonyms:
    secularization

Questions about laicisation

What is laicisation the alternative spelling of?
Laicisation is the alternative spelling of laicization.

Words near laicisation in the dictionary

  1. laically
  2. Laich-kwil-tach
  3. Laiche
  4. Laiches
  5. Laichwiltach
  6. laicisation
  7. laicise
  8. laicised
  9. laicises
  10. laicising
  11. laicism

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