paganism

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any indigenous polytheistic religion.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

Conceptes

paganisme

Sinònims

heathenism

heresy

polytheism

pagan religion

ethnicism

heathenry

heathendom

mammetry

henotheism

infidelity

pantheism

Traduccions

paganisme

Heidentum

paganesimo

paganismo

paganismo

heidendom

paganlık

paganizm

وثنية

παγανισμός

Ketzerei

Häresie

le paganisme

Paganisme

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.