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PRONUNCIATION OF DECHRISTIANISE

dechristianise  [ˌdiːˈkrɪstʃəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECHRISTIANISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dechristianise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dechristianise in English.

WHAT DOES DECHRISTIANISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dechristianise in the English dictionary

The definition of dechristianise in the dictionary is to take away or dispossess of aspects of Christianity or to make non-Christian.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECHRISTIANISE

PRESENT

Present
I dechristianise
you dechristianise
he/she/it dechristianises
we dechristianise
you dechristianise
they dechristianise
Present continuous
I am dechristianising
you are dechristianising
he/she/it is dechristianising
we are dechristianising
you are dechristianising
they are dechristianising
Present perfect
I have dechristianised
you have dechristianised
he/she/it has dechristianised
we have dechristianised
you have dechristianised
they have dechristianised
Present perfect continuous
I have been dechristianising
you have been dechristianising
he/she/it has been dechristianising
we have been dechristianising
you have been dechristianising
they have been dechristianising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dechristianised
you dechristianised
he/she/it dechristianised
we dechristianised
you dechristianised
they dechristianised
Past continuous
I was dechristianising
you were dechristianising
he/she/it was dechristianising
we were dechristianising
you were dechristianising
they were dechristianising
Past perfect
I had dechristianised
you had dechristianised
he/she/it had dechristianised
we had dechristianised
you had dechristianised
they had dechristianised
Past perfect continuous
I had been dechristianising
you had been dechristianising
he/she/it had been dechristianising
we had been dechristianising
you had been dechristianising
they had been dechristianising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dechristianise
you will dechristianise
he/she/it will dechristianise
we will dechristianise
you will dechristianise
they will dechristianise
Future continuous
I will be dechristianising
you will be dechristianising
he/she/it will be dechristianising
we will be dechristianising
you will be dechristianising
they will be dechristianising
Future perfect
I will have dechristianised
you will have dechristianised
he/she/it will have dechristianised
we will have dechristianised
you will have dechristianised
they will have dechristianised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dechristianising
you will have been dechristianising
he/she/it will have been dechristianising
we will have been dechristianising
you will have been dechristianising
they will have been dechristianising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dechristianise
you would dechristianise
he/she/it would dechristianise
we would dechristianise
you would dechristianise
they would dechristianise
Conditional continuous
I would be dechristianising
you would be dechristianising
he/she/it would be dechristianising
we would be dechristianising
you would be dechristianising
they would be dechristianising
Conditional perfect
I would have dechristianise
you would have dechristianise
he/she/it would have dechristianise
we would have dechristianise
you would have dechristianise
they would have dechristianise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dechristianising
you would have been dechristianising
he/she/it would have been dechristianising
we would have been dechristianising
you would have been dechristianising
they would have been dechristianising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dechristianise
we let´s dechristianise
you dechristianise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dechristianise
Past participle
dechristianised
Present Participle
dechristianising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECHRISTIANISE


Christianise
ˈkrɪstʃəˌnaɪz
Christianize
ˈkrɪstʃəˌnaɪz
dechristianize
ˌdiːˈkrɪstʃəˌnaɪz
emulsionize
ɪˈmʌlʃəˌnaɪz
excursionize
ɪkˈskɜːʃəˌnaɪz
fictionise
ˈfɪkʃəˌnaɪz
fractionise
ˈfrækʃəˌnaɪz
fractionize
ˈfrækʃəˌnaɪz
grecianize
ˈɡriːʃəˌnaɪz
missionize
ˈmɪʃəˌnaɪz
Prussianise
ˈprʌʃəˌnaɪz
Prussianize
ˈprʌʃəˌnaɪz
resurrectionize
ˌrezəˈrekʃəˌnaɪz
revolutionise
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
revolutionize
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
Russianize
ˈrʌʃəˌnaɪz
sectionise
ˈsekʃəˌnaɪz
sectionize
ˈsɛkʃəˌnaɪz
suggestionize
səˈdʒɛstʃəˌnaɪz
unchristianize
ˈʌnˈkrɪstʃəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECHRISTIANISE

decerebrise
decerebrize
decern
decertification
decertified
decertifies
decertify
decession
dechlorinate
dechlorination
dechristianize
deciare
decibel
decidability
decidable
decide
decided
decidedly
decidedness
decider

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECHRISTIANISE

Americanise
anise
Balkanise
botanise
disorganise
Europeanise
euthanise
Germanise
humanise
Italianise
mechanise
organise
paganise
recognise
reorganise
Romanise
star anise
suburbanise
tetanise
urbanise
vulcanise

Synonyms and antonyms of dechristianise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dechristianise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECHRISTIANISE

Find out the translation of dechristianise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dechristianise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dechristianise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dechristianise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dechristianise
570 millions of speakers

English

dechristianise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dechristianise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dechristianise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

dechristianise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dechristianise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dechristianise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dechristianise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dechristianise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dechristianise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dechristianise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dechristianise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dechristianise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dechristianise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dechristianise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिस्ट्रिस्टियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dechristianise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dechristianise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dechristianise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

dechristianise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dechristianise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dechristianise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dechristianise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dechristianise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dechristianise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dechristianise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECHRISTIANISE»

The term «dechristianise» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.147 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECHRISTIANISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dechristianise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dechristianise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dechristianise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECHRISTIANISE»

Discover the use of dechristianise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dechristianise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Letters on the Grounds and Objects of Religious Knowledge: ...
Nor do I doubt that this narrow, unphiloso- phical, and unscriptural notion, has done much to dechristianise men's minds. Untrue, and, therefore, injurious iu itself, it has acted detrimentally on what is called " the moral argument" of the truth of ...
John Relly Beard, 1856
2
The United Presbyterian magazine
... but do not dechristianise." And in advocating this I have purposely taken very low ground : I have argued against the plan of dechristianising, only on the ground that it is not at present attainable in practice. For myself, I think it would also be ...
3
Against Democracy and Equality
... which for many justifiably bore a resemblance to earlier National Socialist attempts to 'dechristianise' and 'repaganise' Germany.1 To make things worse, the New Right's attacks against Christian dogma antagonised those intellectuals who ...
Tomislav Sunic, 2011
4
The French Revolution
The Terror had ordered the end of the Christian religion, but the attempts to dechristianise had made little impact on the ordinary citizens. Bonaparte recognised how unpopular these changes had been, and an early priority was his negotiation ...
Jocelyn Hunt, 2005
5
Secularization: An Analysis at Three Levels
Referring to still another element used by Sorokin, Le Bras and Delumeau warn us to be cautious of the idea of a Christian France before 1789: "Pour etre dechristianise[es], il faut bien que [les populations] aient ete un jour christianise[ Qs]\" ...
Karel Dobbelaere, 2002
6
Hermeneutics and Catechesis: Biblical Interpretation in the ...
... secular pedagogy to the tasks of religious education.41 She published several volumes and numerous articles. In addition to Les methodes actives, her chief works include: Formation des enfants du peuple en milieu dechristianise (1935);  ...
Robert J. Hurley, 1997
7
Gleichschaltung and the Confessing Church During the German ...
245 In this appeal they explicitly asked Hitler if it were his policy to “dechristianise ” Germany. They proceeded to enumerate all the misinterpretations of Christianity that had been promulgated in the name of “positive Christianity” by those in ...
Emily J. Darnell, 2008
8
Some Thoughts on Hilaire Belloc
Finally the quarrel developed into an attempt to dechristianise France but as Belloc points out. it failed. " Public worship " he says " was restored and the Concordat of Napoleon was believed to have settled the relations between Church and ...
9
Fantastic reality. Marxism and the politics of religion
... to power those who were committed anticlericalists. Many wanted to dechristianise France. Priests certainly faced unremitting hostility from the revolutionary crowd. On November 23 1793 the Paris city commune actually closed all churches.
10
Ottomania: The Romantics and the Myth of the Islamic Orient
To deChristianise his theme Moore's Satan, or Eblis, on whom Mokanna is modelled, is not a Miltonic figure in rebellion against God but a Koranic one, envious of Man, predestined to be superior to the angels. He is closer to the Satan of the ...
Roderick Cavaliero, 2013

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECHRISTIANISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dechristianise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Now we owe even more to the Italians
It is wrong to allow mass Islamic immigration to Europe to terrorise Christians and non-Christians alike and to deChristianise the continent. «Catholic Herald Online, Apr 15»
2
The post-restoration and contemporary Society of Jesus
In France, at the beginning of the Third Republic (1870), Enlightenment figures teamed up with Freemasons scheming to dechristianise the ... «Times of Malta, Sep 14»
3
Church of Ireland sectarianism row 'no bad thing' says former judge
Incredibly, we have become content to dechristianise one another in the cause of truth as we obsessively define and refine it. Time after time ... «Irish Times, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dechristianise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dechristianise>. May 2024 ».
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