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PAGANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
Synonyms:
heathenism; pagan religion; paganism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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)