From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Heathenism \Hea"then*ism\ (-[i^]z'm), noun
1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism [syn: {paganism}, {pagan religion}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "heathenism": Druidism, Gothicism, Parsiism, Sabaism, Zoroastrianism, age of ignorance, allotheism, animal worship, animatism, animism, barbarism, benightedness, benightment, dark, dark age, darkness, demonism, demonolatry, devil worship, fetishism, fire worship, heathendom, heathenry, hero worship, iconoduly, iconolatry, idol worship, idolatrousness, idolatry, idolism, idolodulia, idolomancy, image worship, pagandom, paganism, paganry, phallic worship, phallicism, pyrolatry, savagery, snake worship, star worship, sun worship, tree worship, unenlightenment
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