Definition
A belief system or advocacy for cremation as the preferred method of handling the dead, often opposed to traditional burial.
Etymology
From cremation plus the suffix -ism, creating an ideology noun. Emerged in the 19th century as cremation became a modernist movement challenging burial traditions.
Kelly Says
Cremationism was genuinely radical—in Victorian times, advocating cremation challenged religious doctrine, public health assumptions, AND family tradition all at once, making it one of the few -ism words rooted in funeral practice.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Cremation
kre-ma-syohn
ARالعربية
التفحيمية
al-ta-fa-him-iya
BNবাংলা
ক্রীমেশনবাদ
kre-me-shon-ba-d
CACatalà
cremacionsisme
kre-ma-syohn-is-me
CSČeština
kremace
kre-ma-ce
DADansk
kremering
kre-mering
DEDeutsch
Krematismus
kre-ma-ti-zmus
ESEspañol
crematismo
kre-ma-ti-smo
FAفارسی
خاکسپاری
kha-ks-pa-ri
FISuomi
kremaatio
kre-ma-atio
FRFrançais
crématisme
kʁe.ma.tizm
GUGU
ક્રેમેશનવાદ
kre-me-shon-vad
HAHA
cremationism
kre-ma-ti-sism
HIहिन्दी
श्रद्धांजलिवाद
shraddha-anjali-vad
HUMagyar
krematória
kre-ma-to-ria
IDBahasa Indonesia
krematisme
kre-ma-ti-sme
IGIG
cremationism
kre-ma-ti-sism
ITItaliano
crematismo
kre-ma-ti-smo
KKKK
кремация
kre-ma-tsi-ya
KMKM
ការបំផ្លាញ
kar-bam-ph-la-nyan
MRMR
क्रीमेशनवाद
kre-me-shon-vad
MSBahasa Melayu
krematisme
kre-ma-ti-sme
NLNederlands
crematisme
kre-ma-ti-sme
NONorsk
kremering
kre-mering
PAPA
ਕ੍ਰੀਮੇਸ਼ਨਵਾਦ
kre-me-shon-vad
PLPolski
kremacja
kre-mat-sya
PTPortuguês
crematismo
kre-ma-ti-smo
RORomână
cremare
kre-ma-re
RUРусский
кремация
kre-ma-tsi-ya
SVSvenska
kremering
kre-mering
SWKiswahili
kuzalia
ku-za-lia
TAதமிழ்
தீயில்லா
thee-yil-la
TEతెలుగు
క్రిమేషన్
kri-me-shon
THไทย
ฌาปนกิจ
cha-pa-n-kit
TLTL
cremationism
kre-ma-ti-sism
TRTürkçe
incinerasyonculuk
in-si-ne-ra-syohn-cu-luk
UKУкраїнська
кремація
kre-ma-tsi-ya
VITiếng Việt
thuỷ táng chủ nghĩa
thuy-tang chu-nghia
YOYO
cremationism
kre-ma-ti-sism
ZUZU
cremationism
kre-ma-ti-sism