paganism

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• /ˈpeɪɡənɪzm̩/
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From Latin pāgānismus (“heathenism”), from pāgānus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by local Orthodox Christian Demonyms to belittle what remained of alternative native ideas and ideals. By surface analysis, pagan + -ism.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: idhujtari — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Arabic: وَثَنِيَّة (waṯaniyya) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Armenian: հեթանոսություն (hetʻanosutʻyun) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Azerbaijani: bütpərəstlik — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Bashkir: мәжүсилек (məjüsilek) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Belarusian: язы́чніцтва (jazýčnictva) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Breton: paganiezh — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Bulgarian: ези́чество (ezíčestvo) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Carpathian Rusyn: пога́нство (pohánstvo) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Catalan: paganisme — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Chinese Cantonese: 異教 /异教 (ji6 gaau3) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Chinese Mandarin: 異教 /异教 (yìjiào) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Cornish: paganieth — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Czech: pohanství — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Danish: hedenskab — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Dutch: heidendom — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Dutch: paganisme — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Esperanto: paganismo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Finnish: pakanuus — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• French: paganisme — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Galician: paganismo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Georgian: წარმართობა (c̣armartoba) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• German: Heidentum — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• German: Paganismus — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Greek: ειδωλολατρία (eidololatría) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Greek: παγανισμός (paganismós) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Ancient Greek: εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatría) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Hebrew: פָּגָנִיּוּת (pagániut) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Hungarian: pogányság — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Icelandic: heiðni — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Irish: págántacht — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Italian: paganesimo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Japanese: ペイガニズム (peiganizumu) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Japanese: 異教 (ikyō) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Korean: 이교 (igyo) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Latvian: pagānisms — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Lithuanian: pagonybė — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Polish: pogaństwo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Portuguese: paganismo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Romanian: păgânism — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Romanian: păgânătate — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Russian: язы́чество (jazýčestvo) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Samogitian: paguonībė — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Spanish: paganismo — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Swedish: hedendom — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Tatar: мәҗүсилек (mäcüsilek) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Turkish: paganlık — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Turkish: paganizm — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Ukrainian: язи́чництво (jazýčnyctvo) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Urdu: پاگانیت (pāgāniyat) — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Uzbek: paganizm — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity
• Welsh: paganiaeth — local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity