secularize

English

Alternative forms

• secularise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From secular +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

secularize (third-person singular simple present secularizes, present participle secularizing, simple past and past participle secularized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To make secular.

Hyponyms

• See deconsecrate & Thesaurus:desecrate

Derived terms

• desecularize
• secularizable
• secularizer
• unsecularize

Related terms

• secular
• secularization

Translations

to make secular

Catalan: laïcitzar (ca), secularitzar (ca) Finnish: sekularisoida, sekulaaristaa French: laïciser (fr), séculariser (fr) Galician: laicizar, secularizar (gl) Georgian: სეკულარიზებას უწევს (seḳularizebas uc̣evs) Hungarian: szekularizál (hu) Irish: dí-eaglaisigh Italian: laicizzare (it), secolarizzare (it) Portuguese: laicizar (pt), laicificar, secularizar (pt) Russian: обмирщи́ть (ru) (obmirščítʹ) Spanish: laicizar (es), secularizar (es) Swedish: sekularisera (sv), förvärldsliga (sv) Yiddish: סעקולאַריזירן (sekularizirn), סעקוליאַריזירן (sekulyarizirn), פֿאַרוועלטלעכן (farveltlekhn)

See also

• laicize

Portuguese

Verb

secularize

1. inflection of secularizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative