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antipapism

antipapism noun: opposition to papism (the Roman Catholic pope and Roman Catholicism).

Noun

antipapism (uncountable)

  1. (anti-Catholic lexicon) Opposition to papism (the Roman Catholic pope and Roman Catholicism).

Synonyms of antipapism

Origin of antipapism

From anti- + papism.

Questions about antipapism

What does antipapism mean?
Antipapism means opposition to papism (the Roman Catholic pope and Roman Catholicism).
What part of speech is antipapism?
Antipapism is a noun.

Words near antipapism in the dictionary

  1. antipapal
  2. antipapalism
  3. antipapalist
  4. antipapalists
  5. antipaparazzi
  6. antipapism
  7. antipapist
  8. antipapistic
  9. antipapistical
  10. antipapists
  11. antiparachute

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