Meanings
plural deconfessionalizations · alternative deconfessionalisation
- The removal of the influence of a particular religion (from).
Because of the constitutional obstacles, it is possible to discern a link between Laurin’s attempt to strengthen the schools at the expense of the boards and the long-sought deconfessionalization of the system.
1986, Henry Milner, Long Road to Reform: Restructuring Public Education in Quebec, Kingston, Ontario: McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 5Synonyms: secularization
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe removal of the influence of a particular religion (from).
Origin
Translations
Finnish uskonnon vaikutuksen poistaminen
- uskonnon vaikutuksen poistaminenremoval of influence of a religion
French déconfessionnalisation
- déconfessionnalisationremoval of influence of a religion
German Dekonfessionalisierung
- Dekonfessionalisierungremoval of influence of a religion
Romanian deconfesionalizare
- deconfesionalizareremoval of influence of a religion
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deconfessionalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconfessionalization
“deconfessionalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconfessionalization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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