different between idolatry vs paganism

English

Alternative forms

• idololatry (rare)

Etymology

From Old French idolatrie, ydolatrie, from Late Latin ?d?latr?a, from Ecclesiastical Latin ?d?lolatr?a, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (eid?lolatreí?) or ???????????? (eid?lolatrí?, “worship of idols”), back-formation from ???????????? (eid?lolátr?s) (?d?latra in Latin), from ??????? (eíd?lon, “idol”) + ?????? (látris, “worshipper”) or ??????? (latreú?, “I worship”), from ?????? (látron, “payment”); cognate with modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria and Spanish idolatría.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a??d?l.?.t?i?/
• (US) enPR: ?-d?'l?-tr?, IPA^(key): /a??d?.l?.t?i/

Noun

idolatry (countable and uncountable, plural idolatries)

1. The worship of idols.
2. The excessive admiration of somebody or something.

Synonyms

• adoration
• reverence
• worship

Related terms

• idol
• idolater
• idolatrous
• idolatrously
• -latry

Translations

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on idolatry

Anagrams

• adroitly, dilatory

English

Etymology

From Latin p?g?nismus (“heathenism”), from p?g?nus (“peasant, rural, rustic”). The term was used pejoratively by early Muslims and Christians to belittle what remained of the native religions. Synchronically, pagan +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe???n?zm?/
• Hyphenation: pa?gan?ism

Noun

paganism (countable and uncountable, plural paganisms)

1. Any indigenous polytheistic religion.

   Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism.

2. Any of a class of religions often associated with nature rituals.

   Various neopagan movements have arisen, each advancing its own form of paganism. Some are monotheist.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Asatru,? Bahá'í Faith,? Buddhism,? Cao Dai,? Cheondoism,? Christianity,? deism,? Druidry,? Eckankar,? Flying Spaghetti Monsterism,? Heathenry,? Hinduism,? Islam,? Jainism,? Jediism,? Judaism,? Kimbanguism,? Odinism,? paganism,? Pastafarianism,? Raëlism,? Rastafarianism,? Shinto,? Sikhism,? Tamilism,? Taoism,? Thelema,? Unitarian Universalism,? Wicca,? Yazidism,? Yoruba,? Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Related terms

• pagan
• neo-paganism

Translations

See also

• Christianity
• heathen
• heathendom
• heathenism
• gentile