religist

From religion +‎ -ist.

religist (comparative more religist, superlative most religist)

1. Characterized by religious bigotry.
   • 1993 November 16, Javed Ahmed Khan, “Arun Gupta's mental experiment”, in soc.culture.pakistan (Usenet):

     Interestingly, Arun himself has confessed that accusing him of being religist is not unwarranted. With these facts in mind, I rest my case, that Arun Gupta is a religist, whose opinions discriminate against Muslims.

   • 1998 May 6, john, “Humor--and the Lack Thereof”, in alt.quotations (Usenet):

     Being religist is every bit as bad as being sexist or racist.

   • 2001, Nick Choo, Trippers, →ISBN, page 294:

     Kevin ignored them this time, and went on with the joke. “This is a rather. . .um. . .religist one,” he said.

   • 2017, Mike Carlson, English Learner 500 Short Stories for Beginner-Intermediate Vol. 2, →ISBN:

     Offenses upgraded to suspensions include making “racist, colorist, ethnist, religist, ageist, sexist, gayist, weightist, heightist, uglist, or intelligist" remarks.

2. Supportive of a particular religion or religious view; pro-religious.
   • 1991 June 27, [email protected], “Greater WHat and When”, in soc.culture.lebanon (Usenet):

     As you know, during that civil war, every religist group was protected by its religist supporter.

   • 1997 January 20, JeffMo, “Utter Futility of Arguing With Creationites”, in alt.sci.physics.new-theories (Usenet):

     They teach this religist psuedo-science as fact in our>schools. Kinda sends chills down your spine.

   • 2000, Harold Skaarup, Dream Seer:: Old Wisdoms, →ISBN, page 92:

     For some, it will revitalize religion in strictest form that will exclude, be harsh. But for another element, it will give birth and rise to a brethren, a one-world perspective. The harsh religist fanatical reassertion will be minor. The one world will be the major.

3. Synonym of religious
   • 1991 June 27, [email protected], “Greater WHat and When”, in soc.culture.lebanon (Usenet):

     As you know, during that civil war, every religist group was protected by its religist supporter.

   • 2009 September 28, MLF, “La shana tova...have an easy fast for those "afflicted"”, in alt.smokers.cigars (Usenet):

     The Jews, as far as we know, invented monotheism, so they may have a corner on that area of religist thought.

   • 2011, Vanders Jenkins, The Biggest Lie Ever Told, →ISBN, page 99:

     And for all that don't believe, must be killed, and their children so that we as a nation can grow our children up, generation by generation, into the system and religist belief that has been set for them that does not inflict with government.

   • 2016, Dee D. G., Seven Five Four, →ISBN:

     Lucky, when I finally afived the world was 80% atheist to 20% religist, with Insanity ruled over by intelligent with mixed technology to nature too.

religist (plural religists)

1. A person who discriminates on the basis of religion.
   • 1996 October 10, Johnny Chien-Min Yu, “freedom of privacy & thoughts”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet):

     I am a very religion person, a real religist never worry about his life because he believe ones' life has been arranged by God.

   • 2016 July 1, Didn't he admit years ago that he's not a racist, “Muslims Assault 5yo Girl In Idaho”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

     Didn't he admit years ago that he's not a racist but a religist?

2. A religious person.
   • 1996 October 10, Johnny Chien-Min Yu, “freedom of privacy & thoughts”, in soc.rights.human (Usenet):

     I am a very religion person, a real religist never worry about his life because he believe ones' life has been arranged by God.

   • 1972, Donald Weeks, Corvo: Saint Or Madman?, page 243:

     The reading of the novel stirred two religists to contact its author.

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