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 • Jan. 13, 2022

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 • Mar. 17, 2014

Miss Ward links Rilke to Teilhard de Chardin and his conception of man's part in the ultimate goal of evolution�"the spiritualization of the earth."

From Time Magazine Archive

And Christianity, Teilhard believes, teaches that these things indeed do not die, but play their part in the continuing work of God with man�the spiritualization of the universe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soul must be God; since we learn Soul only as we learn God, by spiritualization.

From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker