desanctify

verb

Etymology

From de- + sanctify.

Definitions

  1. To remove the sanctified status of.

    • His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are.
    • Christianity desanctifies these in a positive sense by rendering them subservient to an entirely different kind of holiness.

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