as in to deconsecrate
to remove the sacred qualities or status of complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas

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Recent Examples of desacralize Aguilar thinks the basilica should be desacralized and turned into a museum. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019 Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017

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“Desacralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desacralize. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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