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polytheism

[pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm, pol-ee-thee-iz-uhm] / ˈpɒl i θiˌɪz əm, ˌpɒl iˈθi ɪz əm /
NOUN
belief in more than one god
Synonyms
STRONGEST
tritheism
STRONG
hagiology pantheism polydaemonism
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONG
monotheism


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The opera ends with Akhnaten’s son, presumably Tutankhamun, restoring polytheism, and then, once the staging jumps millennia into the future, it’s rediscovered by modern-day tourists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

The peninsula was home to those practicing Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrian, and polytheism.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

This new religious culture resulted in the neglect of traditional Roman polytheism, and the empire’s eastward shift came at the expense of the western empire.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

A tragicomedy about polytheism starring petty gods who complain like tired parents annoyed by their noisy children.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2014

In a cultivated people, made up out of various conquered and amalgamated tribes, we must expect polytheism, because their Olympus is a kind of divine representative assembly.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang



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