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sacralization Anthrop.|ˌsækrəlaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. next + -ation.]
The action or fact of endowing with sacred qualities. Also transf. Cf. desacralization.
1918Encycl. Relig. & Ethics X. 897/1 This ‘sacralization’ is not proved for sacrifice generally, either savage or civilized. 1937C. Caudwell Illusion & Reality vi. 112 To the capitalist commodity-fetishism takes the form of sacralisation of the common market-denomination of all commodities—money. 1954B. & R. North tr. Duverger's Pol. Parties i. ii. 122 Totalitarian parties are in the ‘sacred’ category... The Party is personified (with a capital letter: a typical characteristic of ‘sacralization’), the all-powerful infallible, protective, transcendent Party. 1958G. W. Bromiley tr. Barth's Church Dogmatics IV. ii. 667 It [sc. the Church] may fall victim either to alienation (secularisation) or self-glorification (sacralisation). 1976Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. 7/4 [Stanley] Spencer's sacralization is often concerned with transforming profane, urban or suburban icons. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Aug. 902/5 Unexpected, if partial, justifications of..boredom in church, learning by rote, the sacralization of war. |