adjective
- stripped of sacred or religious significance; made secular or ordinary
Usage: formal; often used in religious or sociological contexts
Examples
- The ancient temple had become desacralized over centuries of neglect.
- Modern society has desacralized many traditional rituals.
- The desacralized space was converted into a community center.
- Critics argued that commercialization had left the holiday desacralized.
- The desacralized symbols no longer held religious meaning for the community.
- Scholars studied how certain practices became desacralized over time.