Desacralisation
Desacralisation, also spelled desacralisation or desacralization, is the process by which something that was previously considered sacred loses its sacred status or is rendered secular. In religious studies and sociology, it is often described as the counterpart to sacralisation and as a feature of broader secularization processes in modern societies.
The process can affect objects, places, practices, or symbols—such as religious buildings repurposed for secular use,
Historically, desacralisation has been linked to modernization, bureaucratic centralization, and the privatization of belief. In the
Desacralisation intersects with related concepts such as secularisation, secularism, and sacralisation. The term has variant spellings
See also: secularization, sacralization, profane, ritual, religious reform.