verb
- removing the sacred or holy character from something; making something no longer considered sacred
Usage: present participle of desacralize
Examples
- The museum was accused of desacralizing ancient religious artifacts by displaying them as mere curiosities.
- Modern society is gradually desacralizing traditional ceremonies.
- The artist’s work focuses on desacralizing political symbols.
- Critics argued that the commercial use of the temple was desacralizing the holy site.
- The process of desacralizing marriage has been a topic of debate for decades.
- By turning the cathedral into a concert hall, they were desacralizing the space.