Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

religionism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-li-gion-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

excessive religious ardour or zeal

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

discrimination or prejudice on the basis of religion or religious beliefs.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English religionism From religion + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

religionisms (plural)

Derived Forms

religionist

Synonyms

fanaticism religism religiosity religiousism pietism

Questions

What does religionism mean?: excessive religious ardour or zeal
Where does religionism come from?: Etymology tree Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English religionism From religion + -ism.

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