nature worship

American  

noun

1. a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.

2. love of nature.

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Other Word Forms

• nature worshiper
  noun

Etymology

Origin of nature worship

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Baker, detectives learned, had been a sweet-tempered practitioner of Wicca, a form of nature worship that shunned violence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

In the late 19th century, many tribespeople in Jharkhand, Odisha and other states renounced nature worship — some voluntarily and others coaxed by money, food and free education — and converted to Christianity.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

It's certainly tempting to recruit witches as symbols of paganism, nature worship, herbal remedies, earth-wisdom and ecological right-mindedness, if only to confound those who see them as purveyors of madness or Satanic child abuse.

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

Other belief systems have been gradually layered over, or spliced into, nature worship.

From New York Times • May 30, 2011

Iranian races seem to have originated nature worship, 601-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert