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desanctify

verb

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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From de- + sanctify.

  1. To remove the sanctified status of.

    His utopias aren't "nowhere" -- counterfactual examples of how things might be in order to desanctify how things actually are.

    Christianity desanctifies these in a positive sense by rendering them subservient to an entirely different kind of holiness.