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counterreligion

counterreligion noun: a religion that opposes another religion.

Noun

counterreligion (plural counterreligions)

  1. A religion that opposes another religion.
    • Secondary religions or counterreligions are duplicitous: they bear encrypted within themselves the paganism they ostensibly reject.2009, Jan Assmann, The Price of Monotheism

Forms of counterreligion

pluralcounterreligions

Origin of counterreligion

From counter- + religion.

Questions about counterreligion

What does counterreligion mean?
Counterreligion means a religion that opposes another religion.
What part of speech is counterreligion?
Counterreligion is a noun.
What is the plural of counterreligion?
The plural of counterreligion is counterreligions.

Words near counterreligion in the dictionary

  1. counterregulates
  2. counterregulation
  3. counterregulations
  4. counterregulative
  5. counterregulatory
  6. counterreligion
  7. counterreligions
  8. counterremark
  9. counterremarks
  10. counterremonstrant
  11. counterremonstrants

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