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

The old forms of the one were vivified by the new spirit of the other, and that paganization to which reference has already been made was the result.

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

Some reference has already been made to 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

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

Savonarola, in the fifteenth century, and the Council of Trent, in the sixteenth, reacted against the paganization of literature, but in vain.

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