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Secularization

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secularisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization. [The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.]

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secularisationnoun	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of secularization. [The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious") values and secular institutions.]
secularitynoun	The state of being secular.
secularismnoun	The political belief in the separation of church and state, i.e. the position that religious belief should not influence public and governmental decisions.
secular progressivismnoun	(neologism) An alleged movement in the United States with the ostensible goal of removing religion from the public sphere.
disenchantmentnoun	The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.
statismnoun	The belief that most or all political power should be centralized in national governments.
parareligionnoun	A secular belief system having certain aspects of religion.
societalizationnoun	The theory attributed to sociologist Jeffrey C. Alexander that social problems become objects of concern for the broader public sphere once actors within the sphere where the problem originated are shown to have infringed against the sphere's own values and failed to solve it internally (e.g. journalists revealing Catholic Church leaders' coverups of sexual abuse of children by priests).
laicismnoun	(especially in reference to Turkey) Secularism.
laicistnoun	A supporter of laicism; a secularist.
religioningnoun	The assignment of religion to a society
depoliticalizationnoun	Alternative form of depoliticization. [The act or process of depoliticizing.]
deideologizationnoun	Removal of or breaking away from an ideology.
postmaterialismnoun	Someone's placing higher importance on nonmaterialist values such as autonomy and self-expression, as opposed to materialist values such as economic and physical wellbeing.
disideologizationnoun	Removal of or breaking away from an ideology.
de-communizationnoun	Alternative form of decommunisation.
laicalismnoun	political or secular power invested in members of the laity.
destatizationnoun	The decline in the role of the state to influence or control multinational corporations etc. within their jurisdiction; deterritorialization.
hominismnoun	Secular humanism; A form of humanism with no concept of or reference to God, often associated with feminism.
westernizationnoun	The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.