Polytheism Definition

pŏlē-thē-ĭzəm, pŏlē-thēĭz-əm
noun
Belief in or worship of many gods, or more than one god.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Polytheism

Noun

Singular:
polytheism
Plural:
polytheisms

Origin of Polytheism

  • From French polythéisme (ca. 1580), English from the early 17th century, a learned formation from poly- (πολύς (polús, “many")) and -theism (θεός (theós, “god")) (poly- +"Ž theism).

    From Wiktionary

  • French polythéisme from Greek polutheos polytheistic polu- poly- theos god dhēs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Polytheism Sentence Examples

  • But whether the great gods of polytheism were really transfigured ancestors is very doubtful.

  • If polytheism is to be seriously defended at all, the basis must be empiricist.

  • The tenacity of this belief may be explained among other things by the living impression of the polytheism that surrounded the communities on every side.

  • Thus to take the preface as a distinct word is not reasonable unless there are cogent grounds for uniting the commandments against polytheism and idolatry.

  • The ignorant polytheism of the time could not tolerate such explanation, and the enemies of Pericles used the superstitions of their countrymen as a means of attacking him in the person of his friend.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOL

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MSMISM

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Words Starting With P and Ending With M

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