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PRONUNCIATION OF PEYOTISM

peyotism  [ˈpeɪəʊˌtɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEYOTISM

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Peyotism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PEYOTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

peyotism

Native American Church

The Native American Church is an indigenous religion that uses the entheogen peyote sacramentally to induce religious, shamanic, or spiritual experiences. Peyotism, or the Peyote Religion, originated in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and is the most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans in the United States.

Definition of peyotism in the English dictionary

The definition of peyotism in the dictionary is a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote or the hallucinatory sacramental disc prepared from a type of cactus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEYOTISM


astigmatism
əˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm
automatism
ɔːˈtɒməˌtɪzəm
baptism
ˈbæpˌtɪzəm
conservatism
kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
erotism
ˈɛrəˌtɪzəm
ferromagnetism
ˌfɛrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
geomagnetism
ˌdʒiːəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
gigantism
ˈdʒaɪɡænˌtɪzəm
hirsutism
ˈhɜːsjuːˌtɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
nepotism
ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm
patriotism
ˈpætrɪəˌtɪzəm
pragmatism
ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm
Protestantism
ˈprɒtɪstənˌtɪzəm
rheumatism
ˈruːməˌtɪzəm
scientism
ˈsaɪənˌtɪzəm
spiritism
ˈspɪrɪˌtɪzəm
syncretism
ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm
vigilantism
ˌvɪdʒɪˈlænˌtɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEYOTISM

petulance
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
petunia
petuntse
petuntze
Petworth House
Pevsner
pew
pewee
pewholder
pewit
pewter
pewterer
peyote
peyotist
peyse
peytrel
pezizoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEYOTISM

acrotism
antinepotism
autism
autoerotism
despotism
egotism
ergotism
exotism
homoerotism
Huguenotism
hypnotism
idiotism
narcotism
photism
polycrotism
polyglotism
quixotism
robotism
Scotism
superpatriotism
sybotism

Synonyms and antonyms of peyotism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peyotism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEYOTISM

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The translations of peyotism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peyotism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

peyotism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Peyotism
570 millions of speakers

English

peyotism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

peyotism
380 millions of speakers
ar

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peyotism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

peyotism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Peyotism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

peyotism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

peyotisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peyotism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

peyotism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

peyotism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

peyotism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peyotism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

peyotism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

peyotism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेतकर्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peyotism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peyotism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peyotism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

peyotism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peyotism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

peyotism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

peyotism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

peyotism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peyotism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peyotism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEYOTISM»

The term «peyotism» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEYOTISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peyotism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peyotism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peyotism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEYOTISM»

Discover the use of peyotism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peyotism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Peyotism and the Native American Church: An Annotated ...
A useful guide to materials on the history, ceremonies, and significance of the pan-Indian religion Peyotism.
Phillip M. White, 2000
2
Unaffected by the Gospel: Osage Resistance to the Christian ...
This move would be to Peyotism.40 Peyote had been used by the Mescalero Apache in the 1870s, and by the 1880s its use had spread to the Comanche and Kiowa. Native peoples forced together in Indian Territory were looking for spiritual ...
Willard H. Rollings, 2004
3
Peyote Religion: A History
In 1938, a chance attendance at a peyote meeting with the Northern Paiute and Washo Indians at Mono Lake, California, convinced me to make a study of peyotism among those people for my Ph.D. thesis (Stewart 1944). The war years  ...
Omer Call Stewart, 1987
4
Anthropology and Religion: What We Know, Think, and Question
Peyotism and the Native American Church Religious movements among Native Americans did not end with the Ghost Dance. By the time its fervor had subsided, another new ritual practice had already begun. What became labeled by ...
Robert L. Winzeler, 2012
5
Peyote and the Yankton Sioux: The Life and Times of Sam Necklace
I would argue that Yankton Peyotism has actually reinforced a Yank- ton identity, because they believe Peyotism is rooted in their past and has many parallels with a traditional cosmology and belief system, as has been shown in this study.
Thomas Constantine Maroukis, 2005
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Being Comanche: A Social History of an American Indian Community
This is a good example of the longstanding anthropological interpretation of peyotism as a pan-Indian phenomenon explicable primarily by reference to the general circumstances of Indian-Anglo relations in the latter half of the nineteenth  ...
Morris W. Foster, 1992
7
Stairways to Heaven: Drugs in American Religious History
That is, like the Ghost Dance, peyotism was also an attempt to overcome existing social disorganization by means of a collective rite. Peyotism, like the Ghost Dance, emphasized social solidarity. Yet, whereas the Ghost Dance preached the ...
Robert C. Fuller, 2000
8
The Peyote Road: Religious Freedom and the Native American ...
It is interesting to note that the increasing impact of Peyotism on Crow society has not decreased Crow ethnic identity. They are still intensely Crow in their cultural worldview, with many individuals still speaking Crow and participating in Sun ...
Thomas C. Maroukis, 2012
9
Indians in Contemporary Society
In each reservation and community not all the members adopted Peyotism, and some were violently opposed to it. Many individuals maintained strong ties to tribal religions and continued their participation in traditional ceremonies. Others  ...
Garrick Alan Bailey, William C. Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institution, 2008
10
Wakinyan: Lakota Religion in the Twentieth Century
SIX PEYOTISM Most of the publications dealing with peyotism only slightly mention or wholly ignore the Lakotas, the use of the term "Plains" almost invariably referring in these works to such southern tribes as the Kiowas and Comanches.
Stephen E. Feraca, 2001

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEYOTISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peyotism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Comanche Chief Quanah Parker Came to Big Bend Seeking Peyote
... called Parker “the most important Comanche roadman in the early history of peyotism.” The blog proposes that Quanah might have become a ... «HPPR, Jun 15»
2
Indiana's religious freedom law was inspired by a controversial …
The Native American Church, also known as Peyotism or Peyote Religion, promotes smoking peyote for medicinal and spiritual purposes. «Business Insider Australia, Apr 15»
3
Give me that old time “reefer religion”: The storied history of spiritual …
... Comanche, and other Plains Nations came to be practiced by more than 60 different tribes, with nearly 300,000 Peyotism adherents today. «Chron.com, Oct 14»
4
Heavenly Trip: Inside the Peyote Way Church of God
It was founded based on the beliefs of Peyotism, a Native American religion that uses the hallucinogen peyote as a sacrament and combines ... «Miami New Times, Jan 14»
5
A Remote Arizona Church Offers Followers Peyote-Induced …
It was founded based on the beliefs of Peyotism, a Native American religion that uses the hallucinogen peyote as a sacrament and combines ... «Village Voice, Jan 14»
6
No Separation of Church and File-Sharing in Sweden
... they can engage in otherwise illegal practices. The Native American Church, which originated in Oklahoma, for example, practices Peyotism. «PC Magazine, Jan 12»
7
A Trip Down Peyote Way
It is a legitimate point philosophically, but by doing so (publicly making peyote available to everyone), they put the practice (of peyotism) at ... «Tucson Weekly, Apr 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peyotism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peyotism>. Apr 2024 ».
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