heathenism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being, or behavior and thought, of heathens.

   “Near-synonym: paganism”

   “A woman's love is essentially lonely and spiritual in its nature—feeding on fancy, rather than hope—or like that fairy flower of the East, which floats in, and lives upon, the air. Her attachment is the heathenism of the heart: she has herself created the glory and beauty with which the idol of her altar stands invested.”

   “Meanwhile the Christian Church from these speculations has kept itself severely apart - as of course representing a unique and divine revelation little concerned or interested in such heathenisms[.]”

   “[…] they urge all followers of the Prophet to return to an authentic Islam, devoid of heathenism and innovations.”