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polytheism

/pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm, pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm/US // ˈpɒl i θiˌɪz əm, ˌpɒl iˈθi ɪz əm //UK // (ˈpɒlɪθiːˌɪzəm, ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪzəm) //

多神教,多神论,聚神论

Related Words

tritheism三体主义,三神论,三元论,三体论 pantheism泛神论,泛神教 polydaemonism多偶制,多面手主义,多面手,多样化 hagiology传记学,传教士,传记文学,传教士学 theism神论,神学,主义,神学主义 religion宗教,宗教信仰,信仰,教 theology神学,神学知识,神學,圣经

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbelief in more than one god

Synonyms

religion宗教,宗教信仰,信仰,教 theism神论,神学,主义,神学主义 theology神学,神学知识,神學,圣经

Examples

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.

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