English

Noun

paganism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural paganisms)

1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion.

   Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.

2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

   Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.

Related terms

• pagan
• neo-paganism

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; animism,‎ Asatru,‎ Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ religious humanism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ LaVeyanism,‎ Luciferianism,‎ New Age,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ santería,‎ Scientology,‎ shamanism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Spiritism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Tenrikyo,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

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See also

• Christianity
• heathen
• heathendom
• heathenism
• gentile