Meanings
alternative neopagan
- not comparableOf or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.First known use 19th c.
1901, J. A. Symonds, American Journal of Sociology 6, page 560, The Italian Renaissance produced a brief but astounding burst of neo-pagan individualism.
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The neopagan impulse of the classical revival.
1877, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy iv. 193
plural neo-pagans · alternative neopagan
- An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.First known use 19th c.
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1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their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.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Hellenic*néwos
- Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
- Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
- Englishneo-
- Englishpagan
- Englishneo-pagan
Translations
Finnish uuspakanallinen, uuspakana
- uuspakanallinenof or relating neo-paganism
- uuspakanaadherent of neo-paganism
French néopaïen
- néopaïenof or relating neo-paganism
Hungarian újpogány
- újpogányof or relating neo-paganism
Irish neopágánachas
- neopágánachasof or relating neo-paganism
Polish neopogański, neopoganin
- neopogańskiof or relating neo-paganism
- neopoganinadherent of neo-paganism
- neopogankaadherent of neo-paganism
Romanian neopăgân
- neopăgânof or relating neo-paganism
Swedish nyhednisk
- nyhedniskof or relating neo-paganism
Cite this entry
neo-pagan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-pagan
“neo-pagan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-pagan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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