neo-pagan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.
noun
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- "1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English pagan English neo-pagan From neo- + pagan.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.