neo-pagan

adjective

Of or relating to neo-paganism; a modern form of paganism.

First used 19th c.

Meanings

adjectiveneo-pagan (not comparable)

alternative neopagan

  1. 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.

    1 more example

    The neopagan impulse of the classical revival.

    1877, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy iv. 193
nounneo-pagan (plural neo-pagans)

plural neo-pagans · alternative neopagan

  1. An adherent of neo-paganism; a modern pagan.First known use 19th c.
    1 more example

    1868 April 5, William James, letter, in R. B. Perry (ed.), The thought and character of William James as revealed in unpublished correspondence, together with his published writings 1842–1910, (1935), volume I, page 268, The very persons who would most writhe and wail at their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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Englishpagan
  8. Englishneo-pagan

From neo- + pagan.

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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
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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