secularization

secularization

English

Alternative forms

• secularisation

Etymology

secular +‎ -ization

Noun

secularization (countable and uncountable, plural secularizations)

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

Translations

transformation of values from religious to non-religious

German: Säkularisation (de) f Greek: εκκοσμίκευση f (ekkosmíkefsi) Hungarian: szekularizáció (hu)

Japanese: 世俗化 (sezokuka) Polish: sekularyzacja (pl) f Russian: секуляризация (ru) f (sekuljarizacija)