Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

religist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-ligist
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by religious bigotry.

adj

Supportive of a particular religion or religious view; pro-religious.

adj

Synonym of religious.

noun

A person who discriminates on the basis of religion.

noun

A religious person.

Example Sentences

"Interestingly, Arun himself has confessed that accusing him of being religist is not unwarranted. With these facts in mind, I rest my case, that Arun Gupta is a religist, whose opinions discriminate against Muslims."
"Being religist is every bit as bad as being sexist or racist."
"Kevin ignored them this time, and went on with the joke. “This is a rather. . .um. . .religist one,” he said."
"Offenses upgraded to suspensions include making “racist, colorist, ethnist, religist, ageist, sexist, gayist, weightist, heightist, uglist, or intelligist" remarks."
"As you know, during that civil war, every religist group was protected by its religist supporter."
"They teach this religist psuedo-science as fact in our>schools. Kinda sends chills down your spine."

Etymology

From religion + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: religion

Inflected Forms

more religist (comparative) most religist (superlative) religists (plural)

Synonyms

religious

Questions

What does religist mean?: Characterized by religious bigotry.
Where does religist come from?: From religion + -ist.

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