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neo-pagan

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560, The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.

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noun

Meaning 2

An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their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.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English pagan English neo-pagan From neo- + pagan.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: uuspakanallinen — of or relating neo-paganism
  • French: néopaïen — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Hungarian: újpogány — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Irish: neopágánachas — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Polish: neopogański — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Romanian: neopăgân — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Swedish: nyhednisk — of or relating neo-paganism
  • Finnish: uuspakana — adherent of neo-paganism
  • Polish: neopoganin — adherent of neo-paganism
  • Polish: neopoganka — adherent of neo-paganism