to spiritualize

Examples

• All

• A new European aristocracy could in time be spiritualized and aestheticized by philosophers, poets, and artists of the future.

  Academic text (1995)

• So language is this communal set of rumors, spiritualized by its very vagueness and shared quality.

• And the mission was always this mass mental health, this idea that what we need is to spiritualize humanity, Einstein said.

• You don't want to over spiritualize the problem, but you can move through the problem in a human way with of faith beyond the human experience.

• Religious groups such as our own have a propensity to spiritualize and need always to be re-grounded in the fleshiness of human existence.

  Blog text (26)

• Yoga practices transform and renew the mind, spiritualizing one's consciousness so that the Atman may be revealed.

  Academic text (2001)

• Spiritualized elders will guide the middle-aged and younger through the turmoil of cultural materialism.

  Academic text (1999)

• Perhaps this is why, century after century, we common readers go on clinging to the spiritualizing mentors of traditional faith, who clothe in comforting theologies this God-wrestling and comfortless book.

  Academic text (1998)

• Through meditation, she aimed to spiritualize her daily experiences and find deeper meaning in life.

• The teacher encouraged her students to spiritualize their understanding of art by connecting it to their personal beliefs.

Synonyms

S

to sanctify

vsto spiritualize

24 7.4

To make a person or place holy with a religious ceremony

gives religious meaning or purity rather than performing a formal blessing

T

to transfigure

vsto spiritualize

• Literature

4 8.2

To change a person or thing so they look more beautiful and spiritual

gives religious meaning or moral purity rather than focusing on appearance

S

to spiritize

vsto spiritualize

• Archaic

9.9

To make something feel holy or full of life

gives religious meaning or increases purity rather than filling with life

P

to pneumatize

vsto spiritualize

• Formal

9.9

To give people a strong feeling of spiritual power

gives religious meaning or gentle purity rather than supplying strong energy

E

to etherealize

vsto spiritualize

• Literature

9.9

To make something look light and delicate in a spiritual way

gives religious meaning or increases moral purity rather than airiness

T

to transcendentalize

vsto spiritualize

• Literature

9.9

To make something seem spiritual and beyond normal life

gives religious meaning or moral purity rather than making it otherworldly

S

to sacralize

vsto spiritualize

9.9

To make something seem holy or deeply religious

gives religious meaning or increases purity rather than formally declaring it religious

S

to supernaturalize

vsto spiritualize

9.9

Give a person or thing powers beyond what is normal

gives religious meaning or moral purity rather than adding otherworldly powers

Antonyms

M

to materialize

63 5.8

To become real or happen as hoped

L

to literalize

• US

1 8.0

To take words at their exact meaning rather than as a metaphor

How Spiritual

to sanctify

24 7.4

to spiritualize

1 8.0

to secularize

4 7.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology