paganism
noun/ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/
Etymology
From Latin pāgānismus (“heathenism”), from pāgānus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by local Orthodox Christian Demonyms to belittle what remained of alternative native ideas and ideals. By surface analysis, pagan + -ism.
Definitions
Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
- Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.
Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
- Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.
The neighborhood
- neighborpagan
- neighborneo-paganism
- neighborChristianity
- neighborheathen
- neighborheathendom
- neighborheathenism
- neighborgentile
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for paganism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA