Paganism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paganism \Pa"gan*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n. [L. paganismus: cf. F.
     paganisme. See {Pagan}, and cf. {Painim}.]
     The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the
     worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious
     opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paganism
       n : any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism
           or Islamism [syn: {pagan religion}, {heathenism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "paganism":
     Druidism, Gothicism, Parsiism, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism,
     age of ignorance, allotheism, animal worship, animatism, animism,
     barbarism, benightedness, benightment, dark, dark age, darkness,
     demonism, demonolatry, devil worship, fetishism, fire worship,
     heathendom, heathenism, heathenry, hero worship, iconoduly,
     iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness, idolatry, idolism,
     idolodulia, idolomancy, image worship, pagandom, paganry,
     phallic worship, phallicism, pyrolatry, savagery, snake worship,
     star worship, sun worship, tree worship, unenlightenment