English Explanatory Dictionary

paganism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
  2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paganism.wav

Word forms

paganism paganisms

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.

Related words

pagan neo-paganism Christianity heathen heathendom heathenism gentile

Derived words

atheopaganism Christopaganism neopaganism technopaganism

Translations

Albanian: idhujtari Arabic: وَثَنِيَّة Armenian: հեթանոսություն Azerbaijani: bütpərəstlik Bashkir: мәжүсилек Belarusian: язы́чніцтва Breton: paganiezh Bulgarian: ези́чество Carpathian Rusyn: пога́нство Catalan: paganisme Chinese Cantonese: 異教 /异教 Chinese Mandarin: 異教 /异教 Cornish: paganieth Czech: pohanství Danish: hedenskab Dutch: heidendom Dutch: paganisme Esperanto: paganismo Finnish: pakanuus French: paganisme Galician: paganismo Georgian: წარმართობა German: Heidentum German: Paganismus Greek: ειδωλολατρία Greek: παγανισμός Ancient Greek: εἰδωλολατρία Hebrew: פָּגָנִיּוּת Hungarian: pogányság Icelandic: heiðni Irish: págántacht Italian: paganesimo Japanese: ペイガニズム Japanese: 異教 Korean: 이교 Latvian: pagānisms Lithuanian: pagonybė Polish: pogaństwo Portuguese: paganismo Romanian: păgânism Romanian: păgânătate Russian: язы́чество Samogitian: paguonībė Spanish: paganismo Swedish: hedendom
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