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Definition of polytheism in English: polytheismnoun ˈpɒlɪˌθiːɪz(ə)mˈpɑliθiˌɪzəm mass nounThe belief in or worship of more than one god. 多神论，多神教 the polytheism of the ancient Near East Example sentencesExamples - Similarly, it knows nothing of ancestor worship, polytheism, diviners or demons, all of which are attested to in various forms in earlier Israelite popular religion.
- Atheism, skepticism, polytheism, materialism, pantheism, and impersonalism are by their nature contrary to love.
- To have your ultimate concern distributed in different directions is like polytheism - worship of many divinities.
- The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
- This is not simply a clichéd clash between Islamic monotheism and Hindu polytheism as is made out in standard accounts on the subject.
- This is no place to discuss the relative virtues of monotheism and polytheism and their good or sinister influence upon the whole character, nay, the very life of individuals and nations.
- The nineteenth century notions of the evolution of religion from primitive animism to polytheism to monotheism have been falsified in tribe after tribe all over the world.
- In a contest with polytheism, monotheism is likely to prevail, and one who comes to hold that many natural phenomena were created intentionally probably will come to believe in God.
- He purges them of all traces of polytheism, idol worship and superstition and all that is associated with these rituals, habits and traditions which are unworthy of man.
- Avraham was trying to start the spread of monotheism in place of polytheism.
- Originally established as a response to polytheism and idol worship, Judaism has been quite successful in perpetuating its belief in monotheism in that it is the parent religion of both Christianity and Islam.
- The Jews were called to reject polytheism and worship the one God, the Creator, whose will is revealed in the Torah, which comprises the first five books of the Bible (also known as the Pentateuch) and which contains the Ten Commandments.
- The latter believed in caste system and untouchability, polytheism, idolatry, etc.
- Students were assigned to three distinctive world views: monotheism, polytheism, and atheism.
- Naturally, he regarded the pagan Platonists as mistaken in accepting polytheism, everlasting world-cycles, and the transmigration of souls.
- Atheism and polytheism are extremist distortions of this central truth.
- This concession to polytheism greatly pleased the pagans, and when Muhammad reached the last verse of the Sura, they joined in the prostration enjoined there.
- When his followers are resistant to his demand to abandon polytheism and worship one God instead, he resorts to the cave where the angel has spoken to him before.
- While insisting that he is profoundly anticlerical and anti-ecclesiastical, Rorty envisions a future America with quasi-churches serving a national religion of romantic polytheism.
- In many circles of the Qawwal, tribute is paid to the mystic in words that entail transgression in terms of polytheism.
Derivativesnoun ˈpɒlɪˌθiːɪstˌpɑliˈθiɪst Their abattoirs employ machine slaughter wherever possible and do not hesitate to employ pagans and polytheists, e.g. Chinese, Koreans, etc. to carry our slaughter. Example sentencesExamples - In their view, many people who claim to be monotheists are actually polytheists and idolaters.
- Our masses are ignorant of their religion and easily indulge in customs borrowed from polytheists.
- Islam does condemn in the strongest terms the beliefs and the practices of the polytheists and the idol worshippers, but it nowhere permits a Muslim to deal arrogantly or unjustly with them.
- It is offensive to those who are atheists or agnostics or polytheists.
adjective pɒlɪˌθiːˈɪstɪkˌpɑliˌθiˈɪstɪk Relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god. 多神论，多神教 most anthropologists consider the religion to be polytheistic because it has many deities Example sentencesExamples - Hinduism is both polytheistic and monotheistic.
- An important point according to Avalos is that monotheistic religions offered fewer health-care options than polytheistic religions.
- The religion of the mudang was polytheistic and somewhat animistic.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French polythéisme, from Greek polutheos 'of many gods', from polu- 'many' + theos 'god'. Definition of polytheism in US English: polytheismnounˈpɑliθiˌɪzəmˈpälēTHēˌizəm The belief in or worship of more than one god. 多神论，多神教 the polytheism of the ancient Near East Example sentencesExamples - Atheism and polytheism are extremist distortions of this central truth.
- When his followers are resistant to his demand to abandon polytheism and worship one God instead, he resorts to the cave where the angel has spoken to him before.
- Atheism, skepticism, polytheism, materialism, pantheism, and impersonalism are by their nature contrary to love.
- Originally established as a response to polytheism and idol worship, Judaism has been quite successful in perpetuating its belief in monotheism in that it is the parent religion of both Christianity and Islam.
- Avraham was trying to start the spread of monotheism in place of polytheism.
- While insisting that he is profoundly anticlerical and anti-ecclesiastical, Rorty envisions a future America with quasi-churches serving a national religion of romantic polytheism.
- To have your ultimate concern distributed in different directions is like polytheism - worship of many divinities.
- Students were assigned to three distinctive world views: monotheism, polytheism, and atheism.
- Similarly, it knows nothing of ancestor worship, polytheism, diviners or demons, all of which are attested to in various forms in earlier Israelite popular religion.
- In many circles of the Qawwal, tribute is paid to the mystic in words that entail transgression in terms of polytheism.
- The Jews were called to reject polytheism and worship the one God, the Creator, whose will is revealed in the Torah, which comprises the first five books of the Bible (also known as the Pentateuch) and which contains the Ten Commandments.
- The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
- This is not simply a clichéd clash between Islamic monotheism and Hindu polytheism as is made out in standard accounts on the subject.
- This is no place to discuss the relative virtues of monotheism and polytheism and their good or sinister influence upon the whole character, nay, the very life of individuals and nations.
- This concession to polytheism greatly pleased the pagans, and when Muhammad reached the last verse of the Sura, they joined in the prostration enjoined there.
- The latter believed in caste system and untouchability, polytheism, idolatry, etc.
- In a contest with polytheism, monotheism is likely to prevail, and one who comes to hold that many natural phenomena were created intentionally probably will come to believe in God.
- The nineteenth century notions of the evolution of religion from primitive animism to polytheism to monotheism have been falsified in tribe after tribe all over the world.
- He purges them of all traces of polytheism, idol worship and superstition and all that is associated with these rituals, habits and traditions which are unworthy of man.
- Naturally, he regarded the pagan Platonists as mistaken in accepting polytheism, everlasting world-cycles, and the transmigration of souls.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French polythéisme, from Greek polutheos ‘of many gods’, from polu- ‘many’ + theos ‘god’. |