PAGANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paganism mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAGANISM (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 ("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)