polytheism
[ pol-ee-thee-iz-uh m, pol-ee-thee-iz-uh m ]
/ ˈpɒl i θiˌɪz əm, ˌpɒl iˈθi ɪz əm /
noun
the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
RELATED WORDS
atheist, agnostic, doubter, unbeliever, infidel, heretic, skeptic, iconoclast, heathen, freethinker, scoffer, idolater, pantheist, paganist
Nearby words
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Origin of polytheism
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Examples from the Web for polytheist
As poet and artist I am polytheist; as a student of Nature I am pantheist.
The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'|H. B. CotterillThe polytheist peoples the world with a variety of gods and goddesses, which enter into its machinery more or less independently.
When a believer in two is a polytheist, how can a believer in six be a monotheist?
Letters from a Sf Teacher|Shaikh Sharfuddn Maner
polytheism
/ (ˈpɒlɪθiːˌɪzəm, ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪzəm) /
noun
the worship of or belief in more than one god
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polytheism
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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