counterreligion

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noun

A religion that opposes another religion.

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Meanings

nouncounterreligion (plural counterreligions)

plural counterreligions

  1. A religion that opposes another religion.

    Secondary religions or counterreligions are duplicitous: they bear encrypted within themselves the paganism they ostensibly reject.

    2009, Jan Assmann, The Price of Monotheism

Origin

From counter- + religion.

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APA

counterreligion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterreligion

MLA

“counterreligion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterreligion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterreligion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterreligion.

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