religionize

English

Etymology

religion +‎ -ize

Verb

religionize (third-person singular simple present religionizes, present participle religionizing, simple past and past participle religionized)

  1. (transitive) To bring under the influence of religion.
    Antonym: dereligionize
  2. (intransitive) To profess religion.
  3. (transitive, sociology) To interpret or conceptualize as religion.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion, →ISBN, page 166, note 103:
      Dressler refers to a “trend to religionize Alevism” in the context of a discussion of the changing role of the dede, or Alevi spiritual leader […]

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