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religism

religism noun: prejudice based on religious affiliation.

Noun

religism (countable and uncountable, plural religisms)

  1. Prejudice based on religious affiliation.
    • BRIGADE Few religisms have swept through America as swiftly and completely as the Beanie Babies® Brigade.1999 June 27, Keith Sullivan, “Need Beanie Baby Jokes (Bonus)”, in alt.humor (Usenet)
    • This work informs our study of ageism and religism because it suggests that one stereotype may be perceived as more negative than another (based on the content of the group's categorization), and consequently more difficult for diversity awareness training to address.2008, Raj Singh Badhesha, James M. Schmidtke, Anne Cummings, Scott D. Moore, “The effects of diversity training on specific and general attitudes toward diversity”, in Multicultural Education &...
    Synonyms:
    religionism

Synonyms of religism

Forms of religism

pluralreligisms

Origin of religism

From religion + -ism.

Questions about religism

What does religism mean?
Religism means prejudice based on religious affiliation.
What part of speech is religism?
Religism is a noun.
What is the plural of religism?
The plural of religism is religisms.

Words near religism in the dictionary

  1. religiouslike
  2. religiously
  3. religiousness
  4. religiousnesses
  5. religiousy
  6. religism
  7. religisms
  8. religist
  9. religists
  10. religitard
  11. religitards

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