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

Aurobindo's vision of a "supramental" human consciousness has often been compared to Teilhard de Chardin's hopes for an ever-increasing spiritualization of man and his world.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

What I think is, that no art proceeds so thoroughly out of the spiritualization of mankind, and demands such pure and spiritual modes and means of expression, as music.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm