SECULARIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does secularization mean? 

• SECULARIZATION (noun)
  The noun SECULARIZATION has 2 senses:

1. the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion

2. transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession

  Familiarity information: SECULARIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECULARIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

secularisation; secularization

Hypernyms ("secularization" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Derivation:

secularize (make secular and draw away from a religious orientation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

secularisation; secularization

Hypernyms ("secularization" is a kind of...):

transfer; transference (transferring ownership)

Derivation:

secularize (transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control)