de-Christianize

/diːˈkɹɪst͡ʃənaɪz/

verb

To make un-Christian or non-Christian.

Meanings

verbde-Christianize (third-person singular simple present de-Christianizes, present participle de-Christianizing, simple past and past participle de-Christianized)

present singular third person de-Christianizes · participle present de-Christianizing · participle past de-Christianized · past de-Christianized · alternative dechristianize · alternative de-Christianise · alternative dechristianise

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo make un-Christian or non-Christian.
  2. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo deprive of Christian character or aspect.
  3. BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitiveTo become un-Christian.
  4. BritishEnglishOxfordUSintransitiveTo renounce one's Christian faith.

Translations

Dutch ontkerstenen
  • ontkerstenento deprive of Christian character
French déchristianiser
  • déchristianiserto deprive of Christian character
German entchristianisieren, dechristianisieren
  • entchristianisierento deprive of Christian character
  • dechristianisierento deprive of Christian character
Italian scristianizzare, scristianare
  • scristianizzareto deprive of Christian character
  • scristianareto deprive of Christian character
Spanish descristianizar
  • descristianizarto deprive of Christian character
Swedish avkristna
  • avkristnato deprive of Christian character
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APA

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MLA

“de-Christianize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Christianize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-Christianize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-Christianize.

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