desacralize

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de·sa·cral·ize | \ (ˌ)dē-ˈsā-krə-ˌlīz

, -ˈsa-

desacralized; desacralizing

Definition of desacralize

transitive verb

: to divest of sacred qualities or status

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deplores how contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas

Recent Examples on the Web Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum. — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019 Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. — Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017

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