Religion
//ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒən//
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The word "religion" can be used as noun and verb.
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American civil religion antireligion conreligion counterreligion find religion freedom of religion get religion irreligious lip religion misreligion natural religion neo-religion nonreligion overreligion parareligion protoreligion pseudoreligion religicide religiofascist religion of peace religion of piss religionary religionism religionist religionistic religionization religionize religionless religionlike religionwise religiose religious religism religist religitard religofascist religtard self religion self-religion subreligion unreligion urreligion war of religion
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Abrahamic religion African traditional religion Asatru Baháʼí Faith Buddhism Cao Dai Christianity Confucianism Dodecatheism Druidry Eckankar Hellenism Hinduism Indic religion Islam Jainism Juche Judaism LaVeyan Satanism Native American religion New Age Olympianism Rastafarianism Raëlism Rodnovery Scientology Shenism Shinto Sikhism Spiritism Taoism Tenrikyo UFO religion Unitarian Universalism Wicca Yoruba Zoroastrianism extraterrestrial religion false religion folk religion humanism hyper-real religion hyperreal religion institutional religion organized religion paganism revealed religion state religion world religion
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abstract idea belief belief system body of social rules crutch drug for masses explanation of human existence falsehood form of crude superstition institution instrument of control method of controlling people point of debate powerful force social support subjective created mythology system of religious beliefs theological virtue very complex topic wish fulfillment
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afterlife animism antireligious atheism belief church crusade cult druid faith holy holy man jihad monk monotheism mystic nun order organized religion polytheism priest reincarnation religiophobia religiopolitical religiosity sacred sage sect seer shaman shrine spiritual leader spirituality superstition temple wizard
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atheism baptist baptist methodist based belief belief god belief system beliefs believers bigger brain brain washing buddhism catholic catholic hindu catholic jew catholic jewish catholicism christ christianity christianity islam church church function church temple church term churches connected connected god conscientiousness crosses cult culture deity deity belief denomination devoted doctrine doctrine gods faith faith based faith belief faith church faith system followers following function general general term generic generic faith god god belief god beliefs god saints god worship gods hindu hindu muslim hinduism holy holy beliefs holy worship ideology indoctrinate islam jew jewish judaism judaism catholicism kinds like like catholic many followers many kinds many types masses members methodist monks monotheist monotheist faith muslim nuns opiate opiate masses or baptist organization organized organized belief organized faith perceptible practice praying praying god preference priests priests members priests rabbis principle prophets protestant rabbis religious ritual ritual belief sacred saints sanctify sect sense spiritual spiritual belief spirituality supernatural supernatural belief symbolic system temple term their their belief theology types violence washing worship
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