religionism
Excessive doctrinal devotion
Religionism is excessive or affected religiosity, or the practice of treating religion as more important than other considerations.
The term often carries a critical edge, suggesting that someone prioritizes religious doctrine or identity over reason, tolerance, or practical concerns: His religionism made compromise impossible.
A religionist is one who exhibits such attitudes.
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
- exclusivismDoctrine claiming sole truth
parochialism · ethnocentrism · supremacism · discrimination · chauvinism · xenophobia · tribalism · insularity
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- pietySincere religious devotion
reverence · devoutness · sacred · holy · divine · sanctity · veneration · godliness
Strict adherence to core tenets
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- extremistOne holding fringe views
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
militant · sectarian · bigot · hardliner · dogmatist · puritanism · jihadism · theocracy
Intense driving devotion
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- crusadeZealous effort for change
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
proselytizing · missionary · revival · conversion · preacher · gospel · sermon · messianic
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- sectarianismPrejudiced loyalty to subgroups
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
exclusivism · parochialism · ethnocentrism · supremacism · discrimination · chauvinism · xenophobia · tribalism · insularity · othering
faith
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
piety · reverence · devoutness · sacred · holy · divine · sanctity · veneration · godliness · faithfulness
fundamentalism
Strict adherence to core tenets
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- extremistOne holding fringe views
radical · militant · sectarian · bigot · hardliner · dogmatist · puritanism · jihadism · theocracy · inquisition
zeal
Intense driving devotion
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- crusadeZealous effort for change
evangelism · proselytizing · missionary · revival · conversion · preacher · gospel · sermon · messianic · apostle
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
tenet · precept · orthodoxy · scripture · catechism · teaching · belief · revelation · tradition · liturgy
church
Place of Christian worship
monastery · clergy · altar · papacy · clerical · monastic · episcopal · patriarchal · congregation · diocese
religionismirreligion
Absence of faith
lukewarmness · coldness · coolness · unsteadiness · tepidity
religionismsecularism
Separation of faith, state
atheism · irreligion · nonbelief · godlessness · materialism
religionismreligious pluralism
Multiple faiths holding validity
ecumenism · universalism · nonsectarianism · open-mindedness · syncretism
religion, religious, nonreligious, irreligious, religiosity, religiousness, unreligious, antireligious