counterreligion

noun

Etymology

From counter- + religion.

  1. derived from *h₂leg-
  2. derived from religiō
  3. derived from religion
  4. inherited from religioun
  5. prefixed as counterreligion — “counter + religion

Definitions

  1. A religion that opposes another religion.

    • Secondary religions or counterreligions are duplicitous: they bear encrypted within themselves the paganism they ostensibly reject.

The neighborhood

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