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paganism

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"Polytheistic belief system"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/Part of speech nounSorted aagimnpsStarts with PEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.
  • Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.

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