paganization

American  

[pay-guhn-uh-zay-shuhn] / ˌpeɪ gən əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of making something or someone paganistic.

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Other Word Forms

• repaganization
  noun

Example Sentences

Now you’ve got Matthew Barney, who has latched onto this idea of the mythological, which seems very much in the air: the whole paganization of our culture.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016

This Puritan movement -268-against the paganization of poetry corresponds to the similar movement started by the Council of Trent in Catholic countries.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

In fine, as a reformer, he represents for us the religious reaction against the paganization of culture by the humanists.

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

We may read with advantage the remarks made by Bishop Newton on this paganization of Christianity.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William

The policy of Constantine the Great inevitably tended to the paganization of Christianity.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William