释义 |
secularizesec‧u‧lar‧ize (also secularise British English) /ˈsekjələraɪz/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsecularize |
Present | I, you, we, they | secularize | | he, she, it | secularizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | secularized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have secularized | | he, she, it | has secularized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had secularized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will secularize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have secularized |
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Present | I | am secularizing | | he, she, it | is secularizing | | you, we, they | are secularizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was secularizing | | you, we, they | were secularizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been secularizing | | he, she, it | has been secularizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been secularizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be secularizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been secularizing |
- The modern attempt to secularize civilizations is really an attempt to substitute new religions for old.
to remove the control or influence of religious groups from a society or an institution—secularization /ˌsekjələraɪˈzeɪʃən $ -rə-/ noun [uncountable] |