“Secularization” or “Secularisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “secularization” and 3 prefer “secularisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	secularization	secularisation	Preference
United States	97	3	“secularization”
United Kingdom	14	86	“secularisation”
India	61	39	“secularization”
Philippines	99	1	“secularization”
Canada	86	14	“secularization”
Australia	19	81	“secularisation”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	19	81	“secularisation”
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	100	0	“secularization”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“secularization”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“secularization”

…of church lands and the secularization of numerous monastery estates to…
Following the Secularization of the monasteries (1528), Bangerten…
…Age, a critique of Western secularization, philosopher Charles Taylor presents Jeffers…
Secularization: The term secularization describes "the…
Secularization ordered in 1816 by Prussian…
In 1840, following secularization of the mission, the area…
Vallejo oversaw the secularization of Mission San Francisco Solano…
After Electoral Mainz's Secularization, the Oberamt of Steinheim passed…
…of the monastic orders, partial secularization of church property, and restricting…
The secularization process in Lebanon began under…

“secularisation”

…are very popular, due to secularisation and a pre-existing tradition of…
It was dissolved in the secularisation of 1803.
…Empire from 1294 until its secularisation in the early years of…
…1838 as part of the secularisation of the monasteries: parts of…
…belonged to Salzburg until the secularisation of the archbishopric in 1803,…
…Portugal, educational reform including the secularisation of the education system, the…
…was characterised by an increasing secularisation of Albanian society which had…
…a program of modernisation and secularisation.
…the reformation and the concurrent secularisation of the lands held by…
…the church, Catherine began a secularisation of the day-to-day workings of

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