Hypernyms for "religious belief"
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analogy
apophatism
Asian shamanism
Bahaism
Brahmanism
Brahminism
Buddhism
cataphatism
Christian religion
Christianity
cult
cultus
doctrine of analogy
ecclesiasticism
heathenism
Hindooism
Hinduism
Hsuan Chiao
Jainism
Manichaeanism
Manichaeism
Mazdaism
Mithraicism
Mithraism
mysticism
nature worship
pagan religion
paganism
religious cult
religious mysticism
revealed religion
shamanism
Shinto
Shintoism
Sikhism
Taoism
theism
Wicca
Zoroastrianism
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.