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PAGANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paganism mean?
• PAGANISM (noun)
The noun PAGANISM has 1 sense:
1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
Familiarity information: PAGANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
heathenism; pagan religion; paganism
Hypernyms ("paganism" is a kind of...):
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paganism"):
druidism (the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies)
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