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polytheism

[ pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm, pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.


polytheism

/ ˈpɒlɪθiːˌɪzəm; ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪzəm /

noun

  1. the worship of or belief in more than one god
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

polytheism

  1. The belief in more than one god. The ancient Greeks, for example, were polytheists; their gods included Apollo , Athena , Dionysus , and Zeus . ( Compare monotheism .)
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Derived Forms

  • ˌpolytheˈistic, adjective
  • ˈpolyˌtheist, noun
  • ˌpolytheˈistically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • poly·theist noun
  • poly·the·istic poly·the·isti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polytheism1

1605–15; poly- + theism; compare French polythéisme
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Example Sentences

Moses' motive, Freud hypothesized, was to preserve a sect of the ancient Egyptian religion which rejected polytheism and only worshipped the sun god, Aten.

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“That feels like it’s really specific to L.A. as a cosmopolitan city. Greek polytheism is all about the ability to absorb other gods, and there is an inherent cultural exchange that’s a part of that.”

By Gray’s account, they ignore polytheism and animism almost entirely, while insisting on reading verses of Genesis or lines of the Nicene Creed as if they were primitive scientific theories.

Another wrote that the "mementoes" are a "means of leading people to polytheism", along with a photograph of one of the statues.

From BBC

Veneration of objects or idols, and hints to polytheism, run in conflict with the Wahhabis strain of Islam that is growing in popularity in Java.

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  • tritheism

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