Religism

Quick meaning: Religism is a noun meaning Prejudice based on religious affiliation.

Meaning

Prejudice based on religious affiliation.

Example Sentences

BRIGADE Few religisms have swept through America as swiftly and completely as the Beanie Babies® Brigade.

Clearly, more dimensions could be added to this layered model, including ableism, religism, cultureism, heightism, sizeism, lookism, or rankism.

This work informs our study of ageism and religism because it suggests that one stereotype may be perceived as more negative than another (based on the content of the group's categorization), and consequently more difficult for diversity awareness training to address.

I was more than happy with just remaining a deist, and this made me realize that I had a fundamental problem with religion as a whole: over the centuries, we have somehow managed to put God in a box and wrap it in multiple layers of tradition, dogma, and religism—so much so, that we have effectively organized God out of organized religion.

Word Forms

• religisms

Synonyms for religism

Depending on context, synonyms include religionism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include religionism, religist, faithism, creedism, religiophobia, ethnicism.

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