religist

religist adjective: characterized by religious bigotry.

Adjective

religist (comparative more religist, superlative most religist)

Characterized by religious bigotry.
- Interestingly, Arun himself has confessed that accusing him of being religist is not unwarranted. With these facts in mind, I rest my case, that Arun Gupta is a religist, whose opinions discriminate against Muslims.1993 November 16, Javed Ahmed Khan, “Arun Gupta's mental experiment”, in soc.culture.pakistan (Usenet)
- Being religist is every bit as bad as being sexist or racist.1998 May 6, john, “Humor--and the Lack Thereof”, in alt.quotations (Usenet)
Supportive of a particular religion or religious view; pro-religious.
- As you know, during that civil war, every religist group was protected by its religist supporter.1991 June 27, EC...@liverpool.ac.uk, “Greater WHat and When”, in soc.culture.lebanon (Usenet)
- They teach this religist psuedo-science as fact in our>schools. Kinda sends chills down your spine.1997 January 20, JeffMo, “Utter Futility of Arguing With Creationites”, in alt.sci.physics.new-theories (Usenet)
Synonym of religious.
- As you know, during that civil war, every religist group was protected by its religist supporter.1991 June 27, EC...@liverpool.ac.uk, “Greater WHat and When”, in soc.culture.lebanon (Usenet)
- The Jews, as far as we know, invented monotheism, so they may have a corner on that area of religist thought.2009 September 28, MLF, “La shana tova...have an easy fast for those "afflicted"”, in alt.smokers.cigars (Usenet)
Synonyms:

religious

religist (plural religists)

A person who discriminates on the basis of religion.
- I am a very religion person, a real religist never worry about his life because he believe ones' life has been arranged by God.1996 October 10, Johnny Chien-Min Yu, “freedom of privacy & thoughts”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet)
- Didn't he admit years ago that he's not a racist but a religist?2016 July 1, Didn't he admit years ago that he's not a racist, “Muslims Assault 5yo Girl In Idaho”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet)
A religious person.
- I am a very religion person, a real religist never worry about his life because he believe ones' life has been arranged by God.1996 October 10, Johnny Chien-Min Yu, “freedom of privacy & thoughts”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet)
- The reading of the novel stirred two religists to contact its author.1972, Donald Weeks, Corvo: Saint Or Madman?, page 243

“This is a rather. . .um. . .religist one,” he said.2001, Nick Choo, Trippers, →ISBN, page 294:
Offenses upgraded to suspensions include making “racist, colorist, ethnist, religist, ageist, sexist, gayist, weightist, heightist, uglist, or intelligist" remarks.2017, Mike Carlson, English Learner 500 Short Stories for Beginner-Intermediate Vol. 2, →ISBN:
The harsh religist fanatical reassertion will be minor.2000, Harold Skaarup, Dream Seer:: Old Wisdoms, →ISBN, page 92:
Lucky, when I finally afived the world was 80% atheist to 20% religist, with Insanity ruled over by intelligent with mixed technology to nature too.2016, Dee D. G., Seven Five Four, →ISBN:

From religion + -ist.

What does religist mean?: Religist means characterized by religious bigotry.
How do you use religist in a sentence?: “This is a rather. . .um. . .religist one,” he said.
What part of speech is religist?: Religist can be an adjective or a noun.

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