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religious studies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The academic study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, religion

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Synonyms: religiology, theology

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կրոնագիտություն (kronagitutʻyun) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Azerbaijani: dinşünaslıq — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宗教學 /宗教学 (zōngjiàoxué) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Czech: religionistika — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Danish: religionsvidenskab — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Dutch: godsdienstwetenschap — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Esperanto: religioscienco — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Finnish: uskontotiede — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Finnish: uskonnontutkimus — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • French: sciences des religions — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Galician: estudos relixiosos — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • German: Religionswissenschaft — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Greek: θρησκειολογία (thriskeiología) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Hungarian: vallástudomány — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Icelandic: trúarbragðafræði — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Kazakh: дінтану (dıntanu) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Korean: 종교학 (jonggyohak) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Lithuanian: religijótyra — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Persian: دینشناسی (din-šenâsi) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Polish: religioznawstwo — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Portuguese: ciência das religiões — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Portuguese: ciências das religiões — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Russian: религиове́дение (religiovédenije) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Russian: религиеве́дение (religijevédenije) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Serbo-Croatian: religiologija — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Slovak: religionistika — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Spanish: estudios religiosos — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Swedish: religionsvetenskap — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Tajik: диншиносӣ (dinšinosi) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Turkish: din bilimleri — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Ukrainian: релігієзна́вство (relihijeznávstvo) — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Uzbek: dinshunoslik — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Vietnamese: tôn giáo học — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions
  • Welsh: addysg grefyddol — study of religious beliefs, behaviours and institutions