despiritualize

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verb

To remove the spiritual element from.

“The translators were accused of despiritualizing the holy text.”

OriginEnglish spiritualize ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue →
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Meanings

verbdespiritualize (third-person singular simple present despiritualizes, present participle despiritualizing, simple past and past participle despiritualized)

present singular third person despiritualizes · participle present despiritualizing · participle past despiritualized · past despiritualized

  1. To remove the spiritual element from.

    The translators were accused of despiritualizing the holy text.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  8. Latinspīrō
  9. Latinspīritus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Late Latinspīrituālis
  13. Old Frenchspiritue
  14. Middle Englishspiritual
  15. Englishspiritual
  16. Englishspiritualize
  17. Englishdespiritualize

From de- + spiritualize.

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APA

despiritualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despiritualize

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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