ritualism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English ritual

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English ritualism

From ritual + -ism.

Noun

ritualism (countable and uncountable, plural ritualisms)

1. The belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out.
2. The practice of engaging in rituals.
   • 2009, Randall Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory, page 256:

     A carousing zone is a place where the ritualism of generating antinomian excitement prevails and may even be institutionalized.

Derived terms

• antiritualism

Translations

the belief that it is necessary for rites or repeated sets of actions to be carried out

• Bulgarian: обредност f (obrednost)
• Finnish: ritualismi
• Welsh: defodaeth f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ritualisme.

Noun

ritualism n (uncountable)

1. ritualism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ritualism	ritualismul
genitive-dative	ritualism	ritualismului
vocative	ritualismule