paganism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion. countable,uncountable
    — Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.
  2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals. countable,uncountable
    — Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.

词形变化

paganisms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
atheopaganism Christopaganism neopaganism technopaganism
相关词
pagan neo-paganism Christianity heathen heathendom heathenism gentile

词源

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.
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