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neopaganism

neopaganism noun: a modern or revived form of paganism; modern pagan religion.

Noun (1)

neopaganism (uncountable)

  1. A modern or revived form of paganism; modern pagan religion.

Noun (2) capitalized: Neopaganism

Neopaganism (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of neopaganism.
    • Beyond that, Neopaganism may be most helpfully identified by what it is not, neither Christian nor Judaic, neither monotheistic nor agnostic, neither Oriental nor humanist.2003, Edwin Scott Gaustad, Mark A. Noll, A Documentary History of Religion in America: Since 1877, →ISBN, page 603

Forms of neopaganism

alternative formneo-paganism
alternative formNeopaganism
alternative formNeo-paganism
alternative formNeo-Paganism

Origin of neopaganism

From neo- + paganism.

Questions about neopaganism

What does neopaganism mean?
Neopaganism means a modern or revived form of paganism; modern pagan religion.
What part of speech is neopaganism?
Neopaganism is a noun.

Words near neopaganism in the dictionary

  1. Neoorthodoxy
  2. neoosteoclastogenesis
  3. neopagan
  4. neopaganise
  5. neopaganised
  6. neopaganism
  7. neopaganistic
  8. neopaganize
  9. neopaganized
  10. neopaganizes
  11. neopaganizing

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