HEATHENISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heathenism mean? 

• HEATHENISM (noun)
  The noun HEATHENISM has 1 sense:

1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

  Familiarity information: HEATHENISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEATHENISM (noun)

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 ("heathenism" 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 "heathenism"):

druidism (the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies)