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SECULARISATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does secularisation mean?

• SECULARISATION (noun)
The noun SECULARISATION 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: SECULARISATION used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SECULARISATION (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("secularisation" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

secularisation; secularization

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

transfer; transference (transferring ownership)

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