| The ensuing gradual desacralization of learning was most graphically illustrated in the transformation of the book in the 12th century. |
| The phrase is M. Weber's. It expresses what we call the desacralization of the universe. |
| The desacralization resulting from exaggerated secularization has resulted in a value vacuum which is being filled by a utilitarian ethic. |
| The religious aspect is now largely missing in the institution of marriage: this is often referred to as the desacralization of marriage. |
| The historical desacralization of formerly powerful religious imagery also is suggested by the motif of the nursing woman who sits beneath the epitaph. |
| But there is a deliberate flippancy here, and it becomes clear enough that Heti is aiming at a calculated desacralization. |
