secularization

CEFRB2

/ˈsɛkjələɹaɪˌzeɪʃən/

noun

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The sociologist wrote a paper on the secularization of modern society.
I read the article "Secularization without Secularism: The Political-Religious Configuration of Post-1989 China."

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The deconsecration of a church.
The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.

In context

[C]onservative Christian organizations have pushed back against what they describe as the secularization of Christmas.
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.
[H]e took advantage of several developments: the ongoing secularization of art and painting’s growing attention to actual people, and its rising status as portable market commodity.

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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 worl...
[C]onservative Christian organizations have pushed back against what they describe as the secularization of Christmas.
2007 August 15, Paul Vitello, “When ‘Christmas Concert’ Are Fighting Words”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the ori...
[H]e took advantage of several developments: the ongoing secularization of art and painting’s growing attention to actual people, and its rising status as portable market commodity.
2021 June 24, Roberta Smith, “For the Medici, the Last Great Picture Show”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2021

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From secularize + -ation.