religionizingn.
/rᵻˈlɪdʒənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlɪdʒəˌnaɪzɪŋ/, /riˈlɪdʒəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ The action of religionize v. (in various senses).
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1683 W. Smith Serm. preached in Cathedral Church of Norwich 30 They comply'd with, and countenanc'd every wild Humour of Religionizing.
1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism i. iii. 48/2 He hath condemn'd simply, absolutely and universally all such mode of Religionizing as the worship of Angels.
1842 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 384 His great object is the religionizing of the State.
1885 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Oct. 649 Catholics are on the point of settling down to a liberal sort of religionizing.
1914 Survey 30 May 240/1 A prophecy of the humanizing of religion and of the religionizing of politics.
1967 Philos. East & West 17 136 He argues that philosophizing and religionizing may be indispensable to each other—as theory and practice.
2003 H. M. Best Unceasing Worship i. 25 The universe of innumerable false gods, false religions and the religionizing of anything that catches our fancy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
religionizingadj.
/rᵻˈlɪdʒənʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈlɪdʒəˌnaɪzɪŋ/, /riˈlɪdʒəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ rare.
That religionizes.
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1822 Gentleman's Mag. 92 615/1 A religionizing bias, too strongly pursued, has the tendency of stopping the progress of improvement.
1853 S. H. Cox Interviews Mem. & Useful 138 How much religionizing stupidity it requires in one to imagine [etc.].
2002 W. E. Paden in T. A. Idinopulos & B. C. Wilson Reappraising Durkheim ii. 22 The voice of the religionizing era.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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