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polytheism

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

polytheism

/ ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪzəm; ˈpɒlɪθiːˌɪzəm /

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 .)

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

To many outside Christianity, this looks a bit like polytheism!

Sometimes, especially in Phoenicia, human beings were offered in sacrifice, the most repulsive peculiarity of polytheism.

Polytheism was dominant while their monotheism was as yet a persecuted belief.

They expose with superfluous with and eloquence the extravagance of Polytheism.

Thus before Mohammed appeared polytheism was the prevalent religion of Arabia,--a degradation even from the ancient Sabaean faith.

For it is not here a question simply of the dogmatic belief in Monotheism as opposed to polytheism.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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