spiritualization

American  

[spir-i-chwuhl-iz-ay-shuhn, spir-i-chwuhl-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌspɪr ɪ tʃwəl ɪzˈeɪ ʃən, ˌspɪr ɪ tʃwəl aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

spiritualizations

1. the act of making something spiritual.

2. the act of investing something, such as a narrative or one of its elements, with a spiritual meaning as opposed to a literal or historical one.

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Other Word Forms

• despiritualization noun
• over-spiritualization noun
• respiritualization noun

Example Sentences

Others are lured in through Instagram, where he posts heady photo carousels on topics like “the story of the spiritualization of capitalism.”

From New York Times

You don’t even have to buy into the book’s spiritualization of the decluttering process.

From US News

It is the spiritualization of his success — what some believe to be a marketing ploy — that has produced an ample amount of eye-rolling.

From New York Times

As for the second condition, the spiritualization of Jehovah, that was realized by the Greeks long before the conquest of their country by the Romans.

From Project Gutenberg

This spiritualization of the God idea was taken up again by the philosophers of the Spanish-Arabic period, who combated the prevailing mysticism.

From Project Gutenberg