Euhemerism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Euhemerism \Eu*hem"er*ism\n. [L. Euhemerus, Gr. ? a philosopher,
     about 300 ?.]
     The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology
     were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the
     amplification in imagination of human acts.
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