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Pronunciation / Transliteration: /de.sa.kɾa.liˈsaɾ/
"El objetivo del artista es desacralizar las instituciones políticas."
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2 senses- 1
To remove the sacred or holy status from something; to secularize or divest of religious significance.
"Modern sociologists argue that industrialization tends to desacralise traditional social rituals." - 2
To strip away the reverence, awe, or inviolability traditionally accorded to a person, place, or concept.
"The radical political movement sought to desacralise the monarchy and treat the rulers as ordinary citizens."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix de- (meaning 'down', 'away', or 'reversing') combined with sacralise, originating from the Latin sacer ('sacred'). It entered the English lexicon in the mid-20th century, heavily influenced by French sociological and philosophical discourse concerning secularization and the removal of sacred status from institutions or objects.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Desacralise" is said worldwide
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désacraliser
Transliteration: /de.za.kʁa.li.ze/
"Il est nécessaire de désacraliser certaines traditions pour avancer."
entsakralisieren
Transliteration: /ɛntzaˌkʁaʁiˈziːʁən/
"Die Aufklärung half dabei, die Staatsgewalt zu entsakralisieren."
desacralizzare
Transliteration: /de.za.kra.litˈdzar.re/
"L'arte contemporanea tende a desacralizzare gli oggetti quotidiani."
desacralizar
Transliteration: /de.sa.kɾa.liˈsaɾ/
"El objetivo del artista es desacralizar las instituciones políticas."
dessacralizar
Transliteration: /de.sa.kɾa.liˈzaɾ/
"O movimento cultural buscou dessacralizar velhos tabus sociais."
पवित्रता समाप्त करना
Transliteration: pavitrata samapt karna
"आधुनिकता ने कई पारंपरिक प्रतीकों की पवित्रता समाप्त कर दी है।"
去神圣化
Transliteration: qù shén shèng huà
"现代思潮致力于将权威去神圣化。"
탈신성화하다
Transliteration: tal-sin-seong-hwa-ha-da
"이 책은 전통적 권위를 탈신성화하는 데 초점을 맞추고 있다."
脱神聖化する
Transliteration: datsu-shinsei-ka suru
"社会の発展に伴い、政治的権威が脱神聖化された。"
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