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SECULARISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does secularise mean?

• SECULARISE (verb)
The verb SECULARISE has 1 sense:

1. make secular and draw away from a religious orientation

Familiarity information: SECULARISE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SECULARISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make secular and draw away from a religious orientation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

secularise; secularize

Context example:

Ataturk secularized Turkey

Hypernyms (to "secularise" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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