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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  • Discouraging migration The controversy over tattoos has dissuaded Luis Abreu, 20, from attempting to migrate to the United States.
    Gustavo Ocando Alex, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025
  • At the time, Newsom was urgently seeking federal disaster funding and looking to dissuade Trump from following through on his threats to extract concessions from California in exchange for financial assistance.
    Joey Cappelletti and Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Secularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secularize. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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