polytheism
English
/pɒl.ɪˈθiː.ɪz.əm/
noun
Definitions
- The belief in the existence of multiple gods.
Etymology
Derived from French polythéisme derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) affix from English theism.
Origin
English
theism
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polynesia English
- allotheism English
- anthropotheism English
- antitheism English
- apeirotheism English
- autotheism English
- bitheism English
- cosmotheism English
- ditheism English
- duotheism English
- dystheism English
- egotheism English
- eutheism English
- heliotheism English
- hylotheism English
- monotheism English
- multitheism English
- nontheism English
- omnitheism English
- poly- English
- polylectic English
- polymer English
- polytocous English
- psychotheism English
- tetratheism English
- theism English
- theo- English
- tritheism English
- zootheism English
- polyteismi Finnish
- teismi Finnish
- polytrichus Latin
- poly- German
- poli- Hungarian
- poli- Italian
- poly- Dutch, Flemish
- polytheïsme Dutch, Flemish
- polyadène French
- polythéisme French
- théisme French
- полиме́р Russian
- политеизм Russian
- poli- Spanish, Castilian
- Πολυδάμας Ancient Greek
- Πολυδεύκης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
- γάλα Ancient Greek
- θεός Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πολλάκις Ancient Greek
- πολυγαμία Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολυποίκιλος Ancient Greek
- πολύγαλον Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- πολύγωνος Ancient Greek
- πολύμητις Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πολύσημος Ancient Greek
- πολύτλας Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- poli- Portuguese
- poli- Polish
- poly- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polainéis Irish
- politeismo Esperanto
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician
- politeismo Ido
- poly-
- theo-
- theism
- polymer
- eutheism
- ditheism
- bitheism
- egotheism
- nontheism
- zootheism
- dystheism
- Polynesia
- tritheism
- duotheism
- autotheism
- polylectic
- allotheism
- monotheism
- antitheism
- polytocous
- hylotheism
- omnitheism
- cosmotheism
- multitheism
- tetratheism
- heliotheism
- apeirotheism
- psychotheism
- anthropotheism