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secularisation

secularisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization.

Meaning of secularization

Noun

secularization (countable and uncountable, plural secularizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) The deconsecration of a church.
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US) The act of becoming secular.
    • Wojtyla and Mazowiecki come from the same Krakow intellectual circles that advocated the secularization of politics and led the recent efforts for Polish-Jewish dialogue.1989 November 29, Eric O. Hanson, “What the Continent Needs Is a Soul : Europe: The Pope and the Soviet leader will meet as partners in a common cause: the evolution of a new world from the Atlantic...

Forms of secularisation

pluralsecularisations

Origin of secularisation

From secularise + -ation.

Questions about secularisation

What is secularisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Secularisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization.

Words near secularisation in the dictionary

  1. secular equilibriums
  2. secular progressivism
  3. secular religion
  4. secular religions
  5. Secular Zionism
  6. secularisation
  7. secularisations
  8. secularise
  9. secularised
  10. seculariser
  11. secularisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: secularisation (page history and authors); secularization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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