secularize

as in to dissuade

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Recent Examples of secularize Yet for all the rejoicing, American society continues to secularize. Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022 Early campaigns for financial reorganization gave way to ambitious attempts to secularize the inhabitants of monastic houses on a scale unseen in any other national church—with dramatic social as well as economic consequences. Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 Benedictines sympathize with the first two groups but tend to be more pessimistic about the prospects for national political or top-down solutions while the culture continues to secularize. Damon Linker, The Week, 13 July 2021 In the 1920s, the Mexican government’s attempt to secularize the country sparks a rebellion known as the Cristero War. Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021 See All Example Sentences for secularize
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dissuade
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  • Stagnant incomes, instability over job prospects and a poor social security system have dissuaded Chinese young people from having more babies.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 June 2025
  • Khamenei himself was in Israel’s crosshairs, although President Donald Trump dissuaded the Israelis from assassinating him, fearing an even deeper escalation.
    Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025

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“Secularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secularize. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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