desecularize

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verb

To make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.

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unsecularize
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Meanings

verbdesecularize (third-person singular simple present desecularizes, present participle desecularizing, simple past and past participle desecularized)

present singular third person desecularizes · participle present desecularizing · participle past desecularized · past desecularized

  1. transitiveTo make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.

    Is Heidegger's theory of the forgetting of Being then an attempt to desecularize the world? And is his interpretation of Dasein to be read as a venture toward reestablishing the grounds for belief?

    1993, Thomas R. Flynn, Dalia Judovitz, Dialectic and Narrative, page 127

    Synonyms: unsecularize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.

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unsecularize
Also see
unsecularize

Origin

From de- + secularize.

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APA

desecularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecularize

MLA

“desecularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecularize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desecularize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desecularize.

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