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Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word DESACRALIZATION
DESACRALIZATION
Definitions of DESACRALIZATION
- (religion) The reverse of sacralization, and occurs when a formerly dedicated religious structure such as a church or religious school is given over for another purpose outside of the particular religious organization which dedicated it for a sacred purpose.
Number of letters
15
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using DESACRALIZATION in a Sentence
- According to Henri Hubert and Marcel Mauss, the ritual of sacrifice involved two processes: sacralization and desacralization.
- According to Nasr, the rationalists and skeptics of ancient Greek philosophical traditions played a major role in the process of desacralization by reducing knowledge either to ratiocination or to cognitive exercise.
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