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
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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
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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