Meaning of PAGANISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'peygu`nizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism |
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| | Synonyms: | | heathenism, pagan religion |
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| | See Also: | | faith, religion, religious belief | |
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| | Definition: | | Paganism
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| | Definition: | | \Pa"gan*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. [L. paganismus: cf. F.
paganisme. See {Pagan}, and cf. {Painim}.]
The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the
worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious
opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
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| | Related Terms: | | age of ignorance, allotheism, animal worship, animatism, animism, barbarism, benightedness, benightment, dark, dark age, darkness, demonism, demonolatry, devil worship, Druidism, fetishism, fire worship, Gothicism, heathendom, heathenism, heathenry, hero worship, iconoduly, iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness, idolatry, idolism, idolodulia, idolomancy, image worship, pagandom, paganry, Parsiism, phallic worship, phallicism, pyrolatry, Sabaism, savagery, snake worship, star worship, sun worship, tree worship, unenlightenment, Zoroastrianism |
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