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paganism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
   • Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

neopaganism · technopaganism · atheopaganism · Christopaganism

Relateds

heathenism · heathen · heathendom · neo-paganism · Christianity · pagan · gentile

Translations (52)

sgs paguonībė (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ja ペイガニズム (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · is heiðni (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · lt pagonybė (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · el παγανισμός (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · sq idhujtari (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ka წარმართობა (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · es paganismo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · tt мәҗүсилек (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ar وَثَنِيَّة (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · de Heidentum (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · pl pogaństwo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · he פָּגָנִיּוּת (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · de Paganismus (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · az bütpərəstlik (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · uz paganizm (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ro păgânătate (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · cmn 異教 /异教 (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · nl heidendom (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · yue 異教 /异教 (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ro păgânism (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · uk язи́чництво (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ur پاگانیت (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · it paganesimo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ko 이교 (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · fi pakanuus (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · fr paganisme (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · sv hedendom (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · tr paganizm (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · tr paganlık (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · pt paganismo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · be язы́чніцтва (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · grc εἰδωλολατρία (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · lv pagānisms (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · el ειδωλολατρία (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · eo paganismo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ba мәжүсилек (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · br paganiezh (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ja 異教 (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · gl paganismo (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · hy հեթանոսություն (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · nl paganisme (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ru язы́чество (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · hu pogányság (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · da hedenskab (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · rue пога́нство (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ca paganisme (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · bg ези́чество (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · ga págántacht (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · cs pohanství (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · kw paganieth (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) · cy paganiaeth (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity)