To remove religious character, influence, or elements from something; to make secular or non-religious.
From de- (remove) + religionize (to make religious). Created as the verb form of dereligion in academic contexts discussing social change and institutional reform, particularly from the 1960s onward.
Countries like France and Turkey deliberately dereligionized their governments and schools to promote national unity and separate church from state—a controversial but transformative political choice that still affects millions.
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