as in cults
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
the Jewish religion has followers in many parts of the globe
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Recent Examples of religions
And at Camp David, Carter prayed often and talked openly of faith with Begin and Sadat, unpacking ancient animosities between their religions.
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Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Images—the good ones, at least—are always richer than their official meanings, which is why so many religions police or ban them.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Singapore is a land of many religions, but everyone seems to go about their business.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Solstices are often associated with pagan religions and draw revelers of different faiths.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Other religions espouse similar concepts, such as karma in Hinduism, tzedakah in Judaism, or sadaqah in Islam.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
American Primeval chronicles the birth of the American West, with all the perils and violence that came with warring cultures and religions vying for dominance.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The schools aimed to assimilate Native children by stripping them of their languages, religions, and cultures, often separating them from their families for years, with some never returning home.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Managing these interests is certainly difficult when examining AI’s effect on one country, but the task of balancing them in the context of the world’s 5000 ethnicities, 4000 religions represented in 195 countries is daunting.
—Robert Ginsburg, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Images—the good ones, at least—are always richer than their official meanings, which is why so many religions police or ban them.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Singapore is a land of many religions, but everyone seems to go about their business.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Solstices are often associated with pagan religions and draw revelers of different faiths.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Other religions espouse similar concepts, such as karma in Hinduism, tzedakah in Judaism, or sadaqah in Islam.
—Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
American Primeval chronicles the birth of the American West, with all the perils and violence that came with warring cultures and religions vying for dominance.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The schools aimed to assimilate Native children by stripping them of their languages, religions, and cultures, often separating them from their families for years, with some never returning home.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Managing these interests is certainly difficult when examining AI’s effect on one country, but the task of balancing them in the context of the world’s 5000 ethnicities, 4000 religions represented in 195 countries is daunting.
—Robert Ginsburg, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for religions
cults
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The game's story operates ambitiously in two timelines and features massive killer robots, cults, and mad Sun Kings, all set against the gorgeous background of the American West.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
20 Dec. 2024
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The Satanic panic was a mass moral panic based on the idea that satanic cults were causing widespread abuse throughout the country.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Religions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/religions. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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