世せ俗ぞく化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

secularization; popularization

Refers to the process of becoming worldly or less religious, or to something becoming widely accepted by the general public.

• 近きん代だい化かに伴ともない、社しゃ会かいの世せ俗ぞく化かが進すすんだ。

  With modernization, the secularization of society advanced.

• この祭まつりは世せ俗ぞく化かして、宗しゅう教きょう的てきな意い味みが薄うすれた。

  This festival became secularized, and its religious meaning faded.