Heathenism
[hee-th uh-niz-uh m] /ˈhi ðəˌnɪz əm/
noun
1.
a belief or practice of ; idolatry.
2.
barbaric morals or behavior; barbarism.
n.
c.1600, from heathen + -ism. An Old English word for it was hæðennes, and a later one was heathenry (1560s).
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