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

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nature worship

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

Of all the forms of nature worship this was the most natural, and in the old world it was widely spread.

From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George