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secularize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
sec-u-lar-ize
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make secular.

American usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English secular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English secularize From secular + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

secularizes (present, singular) secularizing (participle, present) secularized (participle, past) secularized (past) secularise (alternative)

Derived Forms

desecularize secularizable secularizer unsecularize unsecularized

Frequently Paired Words

secular secularization laicize

Synonyms

secularise desacralize

Questions

What does secularize mean?
To make secular.
Where does secularize come from?
Etymology tree English secular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English secularize From secular + -ize.

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