Meaning of religion in English:
religion
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noun
mass noun1The belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods.
‘ideas about the relationship between science and religion’- ‘I have benefited from our conversations on politics, religion, sport, and many other areas’
- ‘religion played a large role in her politics’
- ‘The freedom to manifest religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching encompasses a broad range of acts.’
- ‘The secularization debate is primarily concerned with the role or power of religion and churches in society.’
- ‘Bonaparte, however, had never made the mistake of underestimating either the power of religion or the resilience of the Church.’
- ‘Since when has religion and one's personal spiritual belief become the focal point of a candidacy?’
- ‘I feel that religion or religious beliefs should not be used as an argument against the rights given to private people.’
- ‘Instead of rewriting history and using religion as a power tool, he would rather that politicians embrace technology.’
- ‘Later chapters return to the relationship among religion, politics and power.’
- ‘Have westernised intellectuals underestimated the power of religion?’
- ‘While it's true that religion is a deeply personal issue, entertainment is not.’
- ‘On her death bed, his mother confided that she finally understood the power of religion in his life.’
- ‘On the other, they say religion has little power to bring peace and harmony to the world.’
- ‘If people believe in religion it means they don't believe in science.’
- ‘We had been schooled to dismiss them as being objects of religion, ritual and superstition.’
- ‘I am a person for whom religion has never been important in my life, and I am really scared of the power of religion now.’
- ‘It is best known, of course, for its extreme views on religion and morality and personal conduct.’
- ‘He understood the ideological power of religion as well as its miraculous strength.’
- ‘He finds no use for organized religion in the life and conduct of intelligent men.’
- ‘Organised religion is based on far more abstract concepts.’
- ‘Many people today are saying how organised religion does nothing for society, and it helps no one.’
- ‘But, as Karl Marx put it, religion is also the opiate of the people.’
faith, belief, divinity, worship, creed, teaching, doctrine, theologyView synonyms- 1.1count noun A particular system of faith and worship.‘the world's great religions’
- ‘No organized religion preaches murder and hatred of innocent people.’
- ‘The official state religion is Roman Catholicism, but Evangelical Protestant movements are making converts among traditional Catholic believers.’
- ‘Christianity is the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.’
- ‘Wicca is a nature religion based upon beliefs and rites believed to be rooted in ancient practices.’
- ‘Buddhism is the majority religion there, and a particularly militant strain predominates.’
- ‘Notice that they converted to Lutheranism, although Catholicism was the majority religion in Vienna and in Austria.’
- ‘Church and state are separate today, but Catholicism is the religion of the great majority.’
- ‘Christianity is a liberating religion, and forgiveness of sins is a liberating experience.’
- ‘Hinduism is a complex religion, and there are many paths in it.’
- ‘Yet Wicca is a religion, you can't invent it as you go along.’
- ‘After having done the study I came to realize that Buddhism is a family religion.’
- ‘The roots of Japanese mythology are in the Shinto religion, in Taoism and in Zen Buddhism alike.’
- ‘And we did not practice Buddhist or Shinto religions.’
- ‘Is the problem that Judaism is a religion as well as an ethnicity?’
- ‘Many refused full equality to adherents of minority religions until well into the century.’
- ‘Those who believe in pluralism think that every religion has spiritual power.’
- ‘Regardless of your religion or personal beliefs, I will always stand against censorship.’
- ‘Secularism does not reject religion but attempts to bar any single religion from gaining political control.’
- ‘Yet the power of our civic religion lies not in any sanctions it imposes but in the moral sensibility it nurtures.’
- ‘They don't see the truth because they come here to impose their religion's power.’
faith, religion, religious belief, religious beliefs, religious persuasion, religious conviction, religious group, faith community, churchView synonyms - 1.2count noun A pursuit or interest followed with great devotion.‘consumerism is the new religion’
- ‘It's the backdrop because football is considered a religion worldwide and the most viewed game.’
- ‘We've been told time and again that cricket is a religion in India.’
- ‘In this city where rugby is a religion, there is the feeling that Moses has led them to the mountaintop.’
- ‘This brings up another point: hockey in the BCHL ceases to be a religion and becomes secondary to education.’
- ‘The consequent pursuit of thinness had become a new religion, she said, and she showed a range of advertisements to support her claims.’
- ‘The pursuit of eating raw food has become a religion of the nuttier kind.’
- ‘Online marketers realize that return on investment is the religion they need to follow.’
- ‘It serves only one master - corporate greed - that is their religion and their power.’
Phrases
- get religion
Be converted to religious belief and practices.
- ‘he got religion and gave his money to the poor’
- ‘When he got religion, it was framed as a rejection of the rest of his career, and he had to backpedal or move on (depending on how you look at it), before he had a chance to speak to his wider audience again.’
- ‘Billboards used to ask us to get religion and go to ‘the church of [our] choice.’’
- ‘Many people in rehab, and in defeat, get religion.’
- ‘I'm hardly an authority on saints, or irony, but am I right in thinking that, before he got religion, St. Andrew was a Middle Eastern fisherman?’
- ‘Three lives collide after a car crash: transplant patient/mathematician Sean Penn, grieving mother Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro as an ex-con who got religion.’
- ‘They got religion, and they're going crazy and that's great.’
- ‘He's a fellah I was at school with who was a gardener, but he got religion so keep away from him.’
- ‘He knew she'd got religion because she'd said as much, but whatever it was, he hadn't wanted any part of it for himself.’
- ‘To her, though, it will always be the place where she got religion.’
- ‘Others got religion or turned to booze as a way of salving their incurable ache for space.’
informal
Origin
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘life under monastic vows’): from Old French, or from Latin religio(n-) ‘obligation, bond, reverence’, perhaps based on Latin religare ‘to bind’.
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