'Heathenism' definitions:
Definition of 'heathenism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism [syn: paganism, pagan religion, heathenism]
Definition of 'Heathenism'
From: GCIDE
- Heathenism \Hea"then*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n.
- 1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heathenism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age of ignorance,
- allotheism,
- animal worship,
- animatism,
- animism,
- barbarism,
- benightedness,
- benightment,
- dark,
- dark age,
- darkness,
- demonism,
- demonolatry,
- devil worship,
- Druidism,
- fetishism,
- fire worship,
- Gothicism,
- heathendom,
- heathenry,
- hero worship,
- iconoduly,
- iconolatry,
- idol worship,
- idolatrousness,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- idolodulia,
- idolomancy,
- image worship,
- pagandom,
- paganism,
- paganry,
- Parsiism,
- phallic worship,
- phallicism,
- pyrolatry,
- Sabaism,
- savagery,
- snake worship,
- star worship,
- sun worship,
- tree worship,
- unenlightenment,
- Zoroastrianism