heathenism
构词拆解
- -ism
- Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize. · Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
词源说明
From heathen + -ism. Compare earlier heathendom. First attested in 1573 in Certaine Godlie Homelies or Sermons vpon the Prophets Abdias and Ionas, a translation of Rudolf Gwalther’s sermons by Robert Norton of Ipswich.
释义
名词noun
- 1The state of being, or behavior and thought, of heathens.