religious belief vs shamanism

shamanism vs religious belief

religious belief and shamanism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious belief	Yes	No	No	No
shamanism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shamanism is a hyponym of religious belief; that is, shamanism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than religious belief:

religious belief: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
shamanism: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans

Other hyponyms of religious belief include apophatism, cataphatism, analogy, doctrine of analogy, cult, cultus, religious cult, cult, ecclesiasticism, mysticism, religious mysticism, nature worship, revealed religion, theism, heathenism, pagan religion, paganism, Christian religion, Christianity, Unitarianism, Hindooism, Hinduism, Brahmanism, Brahminism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hsuan Chiao, Taoism, Shinto, Shintoism, Manichaeanism, Manichaeism, Mithraicism, Mithraism, Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, Bahaism, Asian shamanism, Wicca, Saivism.

religious belief (noun)	shamanism (noun)
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
	any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)

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