nature worship
Americannoun
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a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
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love of nature.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of nature worship
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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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
Worship of the Old Gods is akin to nature worship and takes place in Godswoods, holy places that contain weirwood trees, which have white bark and red leaves and ooze blood-like sap when cut.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2015
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
India in her darkest days never sank so low, and when her degradation came it was through other conceptions than those of nature worship.
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Ellinwood, Frank F.
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