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neo-pagan

neo-pagan adjective: of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.

Adjective

neo-pagan (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
    • The neopagan impulse of the classical revival.1877, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy iv. 193
    • The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560

Noun

neo-pagan (plural neo-pagans)

  1. An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.
    • The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their surroundings if transported back into early Greece, would, I think, be the neo-pagans and Hellas worshipers of today.1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910...

Forms of neo-pagan

Adjective
alternative formneopagan
Noun
pluralneo-pagans

Origin of neo-pagan

From neo- + pagan.

Words formed from neo-pagan

Questions about neo-pagan

What does neo-pagan mean?
Neo-pagan means of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
What part of speech is neo-pagan?
Neo-pagan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near neo-pagan in the dictionary

  1. Neo-orthodox
  2. neo-orthodoxy
  3. neo-Ottoman
  4. neo-Ottomanism
  5. neo-Ottomanist
  6. neo-pagan
  7. neo-paganism
  8. neo-pagans
  9. neo-pantheism
  10. neo-pantheisms
  11. neo-pantheist

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