1. to deprive of spiritual quality, meaning, or significance; to make secular or materialistic
Usage: third-person singular present tense of despiritualize; formal, literary

Examples

• The commercialization of the holiday despiritualizes its original religious meaning.
• Modern consumer culture despiritualizes many traditional ceremonies.
• He argued that excessive focus on profit despiritualizes the practice of medicine.
• The reduction of art to mere commodity despiritualizes creative expression.
• Some believe that technology despiritualizes human connection and community.