🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

世俗化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shì sú huà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Secularization/ˌsɛk.jʊ.lər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"现代社会正在经历深刻的世俗化过程。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward nonreligious values and secular institutions.

    "The rapid industrialization of the 20th century accelerated secularization across Western Europe."
  2. 2

    The action of transferring something from ecclesiastical or religious ownership to civil or public control.

    "The secularization of church lands during the revolution redistributed vast amounts of property."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'saecularis', meaning worldly or belonging to an age, moving through French into English during the 19th century. Originally denoting the transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil control, it evolved to describe the broader sociological process where religion loses social and cultural significance.

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