单词 | desacralize |
释义 | > as lemmasdeˈsacralize deˈsacralize v. transitive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > secularization > make secular [verb (transitive)] worldlify1612 secularize1707 unspiritualizea1716 temporalize1828 disconsecrate1838 despiritualize1868 laicize1870 deconsecrate1876 desacralize1911 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 338/2 New crops are frequently taboo till the chief has partaken of them;..and the crops thus desacralized become free to all. 1959 W. R. Trask tr. M. Eliade Sacred & Profane 13 The man who lives..in a desacralized world. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xv. 155 The visual desacralizes the universe and produces the ‘nonreligious man of modern societies’. 1967 C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. i. 183 Thus, nature, the State and society have all been desacralized. < as lemmas |
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