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paganism

[pey-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈpeɪ gəˌnɪz əm /
NOUN
atheism
Synonyms
STRONGEST
nihilism
STRONG
disbelief doubt freethinking godlessness heresy iconoclasm impiety infidelity irreligion irreverence skepticism unbelief
WEAK
nonbelief
Antonyms
STRONG
belief trust
WEAK
godliness piety religion
NOUN
heresy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blasphemy fallacy
STRONG
agnosticism apostasy atheism defection disbelief dissent dissidence divergence error heterodoxy iconoclasm impiety infidelity nonconformism nonconformity revisionism schism sectarianism secularism sin
WEAK
misbelief
Antonyms
STRONG
agreement belief harmony
WEAK
orthodoxy

Example Sentences

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Theodosius was the Christian Roman emperor who embraced the Nicene Creed as the religion of empire in the late fourth century, conducting a single-minded suppression of paganism in the lands over which he ruled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

This favorable view of Scandinavian paganism continues to influence identity formation today.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

Unlike paganism, Christianity was a proselytizing religion; that is, Christian leaders hoped to convert others to their faith.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

My souvenir wooden Easter egg has many meanings written atop it — paganism, Christianity, and most of all, contradiction.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023

The tardy evidence of her involuntary paganism made her even more upset.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.