- religion
- nounADJECTIVE▪ great, major▪ universal, world▪
Judaism is one of the great world religions.
▪ ancient, established, old, old-time (esp. AmE), traditional▪the ancient religions and philosophies of China
▪She dismissed creationism as old-time religion.
▪These faiths draw on the traditional religions of indigenous peoples.
▪ new▪ contemporary▪ dominant, mainstream, popular▪the leaders of all the mainstream religions
▪This popular religion is a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism with spirit beliefs.
▪ minority▪ official, state▪ institutional, organized▪I believe in God, but I don't belong to any organized religion.
▪ orthodox▪Darwinism contradicted orthodox religion.
▪ fundamentalist▪ false, true▪ alternative▪Football has become an alternative religion for many people.
▪ folk, native, primitive▪ pagan▪ monotheistic, polytheistic▪ Eastern▪Eastern religions such as Shintoism
▪ Hindu, Jewish, etc.▪ Catholic, evangelical, Orthodox, ProtestantVERB + RELIGION▪ belong to, have▪She has no religion.
▪ follow, practise/practice▪Do you still practise/practice your religion?
▪ adopt▪The majority of children adopt the religion of their parents.
▪ embrace, find (= become interested in), get (informal, esp. AmE)▪He reportedly embraced religion and became a vegetarian.
▪As a result of her brother's death, Maria found religion.
▪We're waiting for the company to get religion on recycling. (figurative)
▪ change▪ abandon, reject▪ defend▪She believed that her religion needed to be defended by philosophy and logic.
▪ endorse (esp. AmE), promote▪The law prohibits the government form endorsing a particular religion.
▪ impose▪I don't think the government should try to impose religion on our society.
▪ found▪He founded a new religion.
▪ preach▪The teachers started preaching the Christian religion to us at every opportunity.
▪ spread▪ study, teach▪ discuss▪They never discussed religion or politics.
▪ respect▪I believe we should respect all religions of the world equally.
RELIGION + VERB▪ be based on sth▪a religion based on reason
▪ originate from sth▪He believes that all religions originated from a single source.
▪ develop▪ spread▪ teach sth▪ forbid sth▪ give sth, offer sth▪Almost all religions offer the idea of sacred space.
PREPOSITION▪ by religion▪These people are predominantly Russian Orthodox by religion.
▪ in a/the religion▪In their religion, mountains are sacred.
PHRASES▪ an adherent of a religion, an follower of a religion▪ a form of religion, a kind of religion◆◆◆NOTE: Religions▪ accept … , adopt … , convert to … , embrace … , follow … , turn to …▪He converted to Judaism when he got married.
▪people who follow Hinduism
▪ abandon … , reject …▪He rejected Christianity and became a Buddhist.
▪ … spreads▪Islam spread rapidly through North Africa.
▪ … preaches sth, … proclaims sth, … teaches sth▪Christianity preaches that sinners can be forgiven.
▪ a follower of …▪followers of Sikhism
▪ the rise of … , the spread of …▪the rise of Christianity in the 1st century
▪ the teachings of … , the tenets of …▪the basic tenets of Buddhism
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religión — (Del lat. religĭo, ōnis). 1. f. Conjunto de creencias o dogmas acerca de la divinidad, de sentimientos de veneración y temor hacia ella, de normas morales para la conducta individual y social y de prácticas rituales, principalmente la oración y… … Diccionario de la lengua española
religion — [ri lij′ən] n. [ME religioun < OFr or L: OFr religion < L religio, reverence for the gods, holiness, in LL(Ec), a system of religious belief < ? religare, to bind back < re , back + ligare, to bind, bind together; or < ? re + IE… … English World dictionary