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neo-pagan en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English pagan English neo-pagan From neo- + pagan.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
   • The neopagan impulse of the classical revival. 1877, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy iv. 193
   • 1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560, The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.

Forms

Deriveds

neopaganize

Translations (7)

ga neopágánachas (of or relating neo-paganism) · ro neopăgân (of or relating neo-paganism) · fr néopaïen (of or relating neo-paganism) · sv nyhednisk (of or relating neo-paganism) · hu újpogány (of or relating neo-paganism) · pl neopogański (of or relating neo-paganism) · fi uuspakanallinen (of or relating neo-paganism)

neo-pagan en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English pagan English neo-pagan From neo- + pagan.

Meanings

1. An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.
   • 1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their surroundings if transported back into early Greece, would, I think, be the neo-pagans and Hellas worshipers of today.

Forms

Translations (3)

pl neopoganin (adherent of neo-paganism) · fi uuspakana (adherent of neo-paganism) · pl neopoganka (adherent of neo-paganism)