How to Use paganism in a Sentence
paganism
noun- He is a practitioner of Paganism.
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The time where the show takes place is at the breaking point of paganism right where Christianity is coming in.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
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And even if paganism isn’t your thing, there’s at least one thing to celebrate in the Northern Hemisphere.
—Brian Resnick, Vox, 20 Dec. 2018
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And while 90 percent of all ancient literature has been lost, paganism still had a foothold on the streets.
—Bettany Hughes, New York Times, 8 June 2018
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Of course, the analogy between paganism and Hinduism is not very strong.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2012
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The profusion of male parts on the walls of the valley is a sign that there are things older than Buddhism in the fairy hills; a vital paganism underlies it.
—Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
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The profusion of male parts on the walls of the valley is a sign that there are things older than Buddhism in the fairy hills; a vital paganism underlies it.
—Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
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Learn about the glacier’s unique magnetic field, which serves as a pilgrimage site for mystics and others who practice Norse paganism.
—National Geographic, 12 June 2019
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That comes from Norse mythology, a form of paganism that has been co-opted by white supremacists.
—Casey Parks, OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
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For his efforts at maintaining paganism, Stephen had him executed and quartered, and sent chunks of his body to be hung from the realm’s four greatest fortresses.
—Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
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Black metal lyrics often espouse Satanism and paganism, and a few bands feature neo-Nazi beliefs.
—Melinda Deslatte, The Seattle Times, 14 Apr. 2019
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Most 18th and 19th-century Americans thought the tradition was odd though, and to some it was even taken to be a representation of paganism.
—Nicol Natale, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2018
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There are anywhere from 1 million to 2 million people practicing paganism in the United States.
—Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020
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Kyivans spoke a Slavic language that had no writing system, and practiced a paganism without idols or temples.
—Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022
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Our lessons leapt from rare mentions of Lakota rituals to astrology to paganism to Toltec beliefs, giving me the feeling of having been plunged into a self-help soup.
—Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
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The Munich Cosmic Circle, for example, was animated by the belief that rationalism had caused the West to decline and that the only way out was a return to paganism.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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Promising themes begin to take shape around the third episode, like the tension between traditional paganism and newfangled Christianity, or the weight of destiny.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2023
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In all of these religions – which include Hellenic paganism, druidry and heathenism, among others – both the Earth and the spirits that are believed to reside in animate and inanimate objects are seen as sacred.
—Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
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Bottom line: There’s no definitive link between the Easter Bunny and paganism.
—Terri Robertson, Country Living, 4 Apr. 2023
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In their telling of the King Roger story, the monarch’s open-mindedness is tested by the arrival of a charismatic young Shepherd who ideologically seduces him toward paganism.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
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Around that same time, Mount Athos saw the arrival of Slavic monks, recently converted from paganism, who became an important presence on the peninsula and remain so today.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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Wicca is one of the most popular forms of contemporary paganism, a set of religions whose practices are inspired by pre-Christian religions.
—Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
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The reality is that early Christianity and late Greco-Roman paganism were simmered in the same cultural stew.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2011
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Halloween's roots can be traced back to paganism or early Christianity, but in contemporary America, the fright fest serves as an annual cause for debauchery.
—Marjua Estevez, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2017
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Mention of it can be found in medieval chronicles of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, only a few generations after the Magyars converted from paganism to Christianity.
—Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
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When Christianity became the official religion of Rome in 380, the association of cats with paganism and witchcraft made them suspect.
—Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2018
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Followers of paganism don special attire and flower garlands, which are believed to repel evil spirits, hold special rituals and start bonfires.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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But based on the Voluspá’s account of a volcano-like event that brought paganism to its knees, the researchers posit that the terrifying Eldgjá eruption may have pushed Iceland’s population toward a new, monotheistic religion.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018
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Arguably both Zoroastrianism and Hinduism derive from Indo-European paganism, the former as a negation, the latter as an evolution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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Books on mystical topics — paganism, witchcraft, dreams, crystals, past life regression, runes — are sold, as well as journals to record mystical experiments.
—Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2022
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