Definition of "desanctification" []

• Removal or reversal of sanctification; desacralization. (noun)

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• "The explosion of Internet dating, in which you announce the traits you want in a lover as you'd announce the ingredients you want in a latte, and remorselessly exchange him if he's not made to specifications, has hastened still further the commodification of romance — and its desanctification."
• "Colombo's desanctification of the artwork, his reflections on the role of the viewer as an active agent, and his delving into relationships between space, time, and body are themes that still course through today's art."
• "Its first public action, undertaken in 1979, was to tar and feather prominent Afrikaner theologian Floors van Jaarsveld for calling for the desanctification of the Day of the Covenant."