unspiritualize

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verb

To deprive of spirituality.

OriginEnglish unspiritual ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

verbunspiritualize (third-person singular simple present unspiritualizes, present participle unspiritualizing, simple past and past participle unspiritualized)

present singular third person unspiritualizes · participle present unspiritualizing · participle past unspiritualized · past unspiritualized

  1. transitiveTo deprive of spirituality.

    Now there are several enjoyments in themselves very lawful, and yet such as, upon a free unwary use of them, will by degrees certainly indispose and unspiritualize the mind, dulling its appetite[…]

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  10. Latinspīrō
  11. Latinspīritus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinspīrituālis
  15. Old Frenchspiritue
  16. Middle Englishspiritual
  17. Englishspiritual
  18. Englishspiritualize
  19. Proto-Indo-European*né
  20. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  21. Proto-Germanic*un-
  22. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  23. Old Englishun-
  24. Middle Englishun-
  25. Englishun-
  26. Englishspiritual
  27. Englishunspiritual
  28. Englishunspiritualize

From un- (reversive) + spiritualize, or from unspiritual (“not spiritual”) + -ize.

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APA

unspiritualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritualize

MLA

“unspiritualize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritualize. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspiritualize,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritualize.

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