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单词 religion
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religion

No inferiority complex in we British, boyo; arrogance is our religion.That's rather terrible, isn't it - using religion lire that.People like him aren't curable, unless perhaps they get religion.Boyd did six years in a federal penitentiary for refusing to pay his income tax, came out and found religion.

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religion

British English: religion /rɪˈlɪdʒən/ NOUN
Religion is belief in a god or gods.
He studies religion and philosophy.
  • American English: religion
  • Arabic: دِين
  • Brazilian Portuguese: religião
  • Chinese: 宗教
  • Croatian: religija
  • Czech: náboženství
  • Danish: religion
  • Dutch: religie
  • European Spanish: religión
  • Finnish: uskonto
  • French: religion
  • German: Religion
  • Greek: θρησκεία
  • Italian: religione
  • Japanese: 宗教
  • Korean: 종교
  • Norwegian: religion
  • Polish: religia
  • European Portuguese: religião
  • Romanian: religie
  • Russian: религия
  • Latin American Spanish: religión
  • Swedish: religion
  • Thai: ศาสนา
  • Turkish: din
  • Ukrainian: релігія
  • Vietnamese: tôn giáo

All related terms of 'religion'

Chinese translation of 'religion'

religion

(rɪˈlɪdʒən)

n

  1. (u) (= belief) 宗教信仰 (zōngjiào xìnyǎng)
  2. (c) (= set of beliefs) 宗教 (zōngjiào) (种(種), zhǒng)
(noun) 
Definition
any formal expression of such belief
his understanding of Indian philosophy and religion
Synonyms
belief
He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs.
faith
England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.
doctrine
the Marxist doctrine of perpetual revolution
theology
creed
The centre is open to all, no matter what race or creed.
divinity
He entered university to study arts and divinity.
teaching

related words

related mania entheomania

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See BibleSee BuddhismSee ChristianitySee HinduismSee IslamSee Judaism

subject word lists

See ReligionsSee Religious booksSee Religious buildingsSee Religious clothingSee Religious festivals

Quotations

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company [Earl of Chesterfield]
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it [George Bernard Shaw – Plays Unpleasant (preface)]Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life [John Updike – Self-Consciousness]I count religion but a childish toy,
And hold there is no sin but ignorance
[Christopher Marlowe – The Jew of Malta]
Religion...is the opium of the people [Karl Marx – Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right]Things have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of private life [Lord Melbourne]The true meaning of religion is thus not morality, but morality touched by emotion [Matthew Arnold – Literature and Dogma]Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind [Albert Einstein – Out of My Later Years]Any system of religion that has any thing in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true system [Thomas Paine – The Age of Reason]I am a Millionaire. That is my religion [George Bernard Shaw – Major Barbara]I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes [George Bernard Shaw – Major Barbara]We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another [Jonathan Swift – Thoughts on Various Subjects]I am for religion against religions [Victor Hugo – Les Misérables]Time consecrates;
And what is grey with age becomes religion
[Friedrich von Schiller – Die Piccolomini]
One religion is as true as another [Robert Burton – Anatomy of Melancholy]Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded
That all the apostles would have done as they did
[Lord Byron – Don Juan]
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy [Dean Inge – Idea of Progress]Religion's in the heart, not in the knees [Douglas Jerrold – The Devil's Ducat]Religion is the frozen thought of men out of which they build temples [Jiddu Krishnamurti]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of creed
Definition
a system of beliefs or principles
The centre is open to all, no matter what race or creed.
Synonyms
belief,
principles,
profession,
doctrine,
canon,
persuasion,
dogma,
tenet,
credo,
catechism,
articles of faith
in the sense of divinity
Definition
the study of religion
He entered university to study arts and divinity.
Synonyms
theology,
religion,
religious studies
in the sense of doctrine
Definition
a principle or body of principles that is taught or advocated
the Marxist doctrine of perpetual revolution
Synonyms
teaching,
principle,
belief,
opinion,
article,
concept,
conviction,
canon,
creed,
dogma,
tenet,
precept,
article of faith,
kaupapa (New Zealand)

Synonyms of 'religion'

religion

Explore 'religion' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of faith
Definition
a specific system of religious beliefs
England shifted officially from a Catholic to a Protestant faith in the 16th century.
Synonyms
religion,
church,
belief,
persuasion,
creed,
communion,
denomination,
dogma
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