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单词 despiritualize
释义 despiritualize, v.|dɪˈspɪrɪtjuːəˌlaɪz|
[de- II. 1.]
trans. To deprive of spiritual character; to render material.
1868Contemp. Rev. VIII. 609 Virtually de-spiritualizing that which it is the very business of literature to clearly reinvolve in the spiritual.1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. v. §1. 298 A way has been made by the perversity of man for despiritualizing Christianity.
Hence deˈspiritualized, deˈspiritualizing ppl. adjs.; also deˌspiritualiˈzation.
1840Tait's Mag. VII. 27 Sensuality of this de-spiritualizing description.1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. iii. §1 150 A melancholy despiritualization of Christianity.
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