Neo-pagan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Neo-pagan is an adjective meaning Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
Meaning
Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
More Meanings
- An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.
Example Sentences
The neopagan impulse of the classical revival.
1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560, The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.
1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their surroundings if transported back into early Greece, would, I think, be the neo-pagans and Hellas worshipers of today.
Word Forms
- neopagan
- neo-pagans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neopaganistic, paganic, paganical, paganistic, neopastoral, neo-creationist.
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