paganism
See also: păgânism
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧gan‧ism
Noun
editpaganism (countable and uncountable, plural paganisms)
- 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.
Coordinate terms
edit- agnosticism
- Asatru
- atheism
- Ayyavazhi
- Baháʼí Faith
- Bon
- Buddhism
- Cao Dai
- Cheondoism
- Christianity
- deism
- Druidry
- Druze
- Eckankar
- Heathenry
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Jainism
- Jediism
- Judaism
- Kimbanguism
- Odinism
- paganism
- Pastafarianism
- Raëlism
- Rastafarianism
- Rodnovery
- Romuva
- Samaritanism
- Sanamahism
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Tengrism
- Thelema
- Unitarian Universalism
- Wicca
- Yahwism
- Yazidism
- Yoruba
- Zoroastrianism
Related terms
editTranslations
editlocal religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
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