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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

desecularize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + secularize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make no longer secular; to bring into the sphere of religion.
    • Is Heidegger's theory of the forgetting of Being then an attempt to desecularize the world? And is his interpretation of Dasein to be read as a venture toward reestablishing the grounds for belief? 1993, Thomas R. Flynn, Dalia Judovitz, Dialectic and Narrative, page 127:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
desecularizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desecularizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
desecularized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desecularized Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

unsecularize