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/ˈsɛkjələɹaɪˌzeɪʃən/ · noun
The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions..
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.
[C]onservative Christian organizations have pushed back against what they describe as the secularization of Christmas.
[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.
Use secularization when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Secularization means The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions..
Common synonyms include deconfessionalization, deconsecration, desacralization, laicization.
Possible antonyms include desecularization.
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.
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