Polytheism

3 definitions found

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

  Polytheism \Pol"y*the*ism\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? cf. F.
     polyth['e]isme.]
     The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
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           In the Old Testament, the gradual development of


           polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be
           learned.                                 --Shaff-Herzog.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polytheism
       n : belief in multiple Gods [ant: {monotheism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "polytheism":
     acosmism, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism,
     anthropotheism, autotheism, cosmotheism, deism, ditheism, dualism,
     dyotheism, henotheism, hylotheism, monolatry, monotheism,
     multitheism, myriotheism, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism,
     psychotheism, tetratheism, theism, theopantism, theriotheism,
     tritheism, zootheism