paganism

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Konzepte

Heidentum

Häresie

Ketzerei

Irrglaube

Irrlehre

Synonyme

heathenism

heresy

polytheism

pagan religion

ethnicism

heathenry

heathendom

mammetry

henotheism

infidelity

pantheism

Übersetzungen

paganisme

paganesimo

paganismo

paganismo

paganisme

heidendom

paganlık

وثنية

paganizm

παγανισμός

paganisme

Paganismo

pagano

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.