Definition of Nature worship

1. Noun. A system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena.

Generic synonyms: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nature Worship

naturalnesses
naturals
nature
nature-nurture issue
nature morte
nature of the beast
nature preserve
nature preserves
nature printing
nature reserve
nature strip
nature strips
nature study
nature worship (current term)
natured
natureless
naturelessness
natures
naturing
naturism
naturisms
naturist
naturistic
naturists
naturity
naturize
naturized
naturizes

Literary usage of Nature worship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Tylor teaches animation of nature, but, as with him the soul or spirit animates material objects, nature-worship is ranged under the concept of Fetishism. ..."

2. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Ancestor and nature worship; Greek Influence. ... The ancestor worship belonged especially to the family and curia; the nature worship, ..."

3. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"A Simple Nature-Worship—Aino Gods—A Festival Song—Religious Intoxication— Bear-Worship—The Annual Saturnalia—The Future State— Marriage and Divorce—Musical ..."

4. The Boston Review (1861)
"NATURE-WORSHIP; ITS ROOT AND ITS FRUIT. THE remark is a correct one, that popular literature has never been so tinged with a religious hue as now; but, ..."

5. The American Catholic Quarterly Review by James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast (1886)
"NATURE-WORSHIP—THE NEW RELIGION. RELIGION, according to the derivation of the prince of pagan orators, who was guided only by the light of right reason, ..."

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