secularize

English

Alternative forms

• secularise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From secular +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

secularize (third-person singular simple present secularizes, present participle secularizing, simple past and past participle secularized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To make secular.

Hyponyms

• See deconsecrate & Thesaurus:desecrate

Derived terms

• desecularize
• secularizable
• secularizer
• unsecularize

 

Related terms

• secular
• secularization

 

Translations

to make secular

• Catalan: laïcitzar (ca), secularitzar (ca)
• Finnish: sekularisoida, sekulaaristaa
• French: laïciser (fr), séculariser (fr)
• Galician: laicizar, secularizar (gl)
• Georgian: სეკულარიზებას უწევს (seḳularizebas uc̣evs)
• Hungarian: szekularizál (hu)
• Irish: dí-eaglaisigh
• Italian: laicizzare (it), secolarizzare (it)
• Portuguese: laicizar (pt), laicificar, secularizar (pt)
• Spanish: laicizar (es), secularizar (es)
• Swedish: sekularisera (sv), förvärldsliga (sv)
• Yiddish: סעקולאַריזירן (sekularizirn), סעקוליאַריזירן (sekulyarizirn), פֿאַרוועלטלעכן (farveltlekhn)

See also

• laicize

Portuguese

Verb

secularize

1. inflection of secularizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative