How to Use paganism in a Sentence

paganism

noun

• He is a practitioner of Paganism.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Of course, the analogy between paganism and Hinduism is not very strong.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2012
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That comes from Norse mythology, a form of paganism that has been co-opted by white supremacists.
  — Casey Parks, OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
• 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
• Black metal lyrics often espouse Satanism and paganism, and a few bands feature neo-Nazi beliefs.
  — Melinda Deslatte, The Seattle Times, 14 Apr. 2019
• 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
• There are anywhere from 1 million to 2 million people practicing paganism in the United States.
  — Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Bottom line: There’s no definitive link between the Easter Bunny and paganism.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 4 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024