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Everyone - pantheist, atheist, skeptic, polytheist - has to answer these questions: 'Where did I come from? What is life's meaning? How do I define right from wrong and what happens to me when I die?' Those are the fulcrum points of our existence.
Ravi Zacharias

Meaning of "polytheist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYTHEIST

polytheist  [ˈpɒlɪˌθiːɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYTHEIST

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Polytheist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYTHEIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

polytheist

Polytheism

Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals. It is a type of theism. Within theism, it contrasts with monotheism, the belief in a singular God. Polytheists do not always worship all the gods equally, but can be henotheists, specializing in the worship of one particular deity. Other polytheists can be kathenotheists, worshiping different deities at different times. Polytheism was the typical form of religion during the Bronze Age and Iron Age, up to the Axial Age and the gradual development of monotheism or pantheism, and atheism. It is well documented in historical religions of Classical antiquity, especially Greek polytheism and Roman polytheism, and after the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism in tribal religions such as Germanic paganism or Slavic mythology. There are various polytheistic religions practiced today, for example Shintoism, Hellenismos, Kemetism, Ásatrú, Druidry, Taoism, Thelema, Wicca, Candomble, and Chinese folk religion.

Definition of polytheist in the English dictionary

The definition of polytheist in the dictionary is a person who worships or believes in more than one god.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYTHEIST


accompanyist
əˈkʌmpəniːɪst
antitheist
ˌæntɪˈθiːɪst
autotheist
ˌɔːtəʊˈθiːɪst
bluest
ˈbluːɪst
canoeist
kəˈnuːɪst
deist
ˈdiːɪst
ditheist
daɪˈθiːɪst
henotheist
ˈhenəʊˌθiːɪst
hygeist
ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst
hygieist
ˈhaɪdʒiːɪst
hylotheist
ˌhaɪləˈθiːɪst
misoneist
ˌmɪsəʊˈniːɪst
monotheist
ˈmɒnəʊˌθiːɪst
mythopoeist
ˌmɪθəʊˈpiːɪst
nontheist
ˌnɒnˈθiːɪst
panentheist
ˌpænenˈθiːɪst
pharmacopoeist
ˌfɑːməkəˈpiːɪst
scarabaeist
ˌskærəˈbiːɪst
tattooist
təˈtuːɪst
theist
ˈθiːɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYTHEIST

polytechnic
polytechnical
polytene
polyteny
polytetrafluoroethylene
polythalamous
polytheism
polytheistic
polytheistical
polytheistically
polythene
polythene bag
polytocous
polytonal
polytonalism
polytonalist
polytonality
polytonally
polytrophic
polytunnel

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYTHEIST

ableist
ageist
atheist
breist
cueist
feist
fideist
geist
heist
Kleist
pantheist
poltergeist
sizeist
tritheist
Zeist
zeitgeist

Synonyms and antonyms of polytheist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polytheist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYTHEIST

Find out the translation of polytheist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polytheist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polytheist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多神论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

politeísta
570 millions of speakers

English

polytheist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polytheist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многобожник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

politeísta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুশরিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polythéiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polytheist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

polytheistischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多神教
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polytheist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polytheist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người thờ đa thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கையுறும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बहुअर्थी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müşrik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

politeista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

politeiści
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатобожників
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

politeist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυθεϊστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polytheist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyteist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyteist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polytheist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYTHEIST»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polytheist

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QUOTES WITH «POLYTHEIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word polytheist.
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Ravi Zacharias
Everyone - pantheist, atheist, skeptic, polytheist - has to answer these questions: 'Where did I come from? What is life's meaning? How do I define right from wrong and what happens to me when I die?' Those are the fulcrum points of our existence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYTHEIST»

Discover the use of polytheist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polytheist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge Ancient History
CHAPTER 18 POLYTHEIST RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY GARTH FOWDEN At Constantine's death, and for decades to come, polytheism could still be represented as Rome's natural religion, its 'lawful cult' (Lib. Or. xxx.6; cf. Porph. ap. Eus.
Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey, 1998
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The Word of Islam
One who lies to God is a hypocrite, while one who calls God a liar is a polytheist. A liar to God is one who says that God has sent a prophet He has not sent or revealed something He has not revealed. One who calls God a liar is one who says ...
John Alden Williams, 2010
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The Role of the Bishop in Late Antiquity: Conflict and ...
From Augustine's correspondence we find out that, in the aftermath of the conflict, Nectarius, a local aristocrat, requested Augustine to use his authority to diminish the punishments to be inflicted on polytheist rioters (Aug., Letters 90-1).10 The ...
Andrew Fear, José Fernández Urbiña, Mar Marcos Sanchez, 2013
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The Story of the Qur'an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life
To illustrate the winnowing down of the “occasion of revelation” literature over time due to this editorial and authentication process, we might compare reports related to the following Qur'anic verse: Do not marry polytheist women until they ...
Ingrid Mattson, 2012
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The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz
This is not to say Plato was a simple polytheist. Commentators agree that the categories of polytheism and monotheism are not strictly applicable to Greek philosophical thought about God. Grube suggests that for the Greek, 'god' is primarily a ...
William L. Craig, 2001
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History of Saudi Arabia & Wahabism
First. Result. Abdul Azeez the present ameer of Najad when occupied Makkah Mukarrama distributed a free Arabic book by title “Majmooa' At tawheed” in which rightly guided Muslims were titled as Polytheist, Bidati and want not. A translated  ...
Anwar Haroon, 2014
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The Sunni Path
would become a polytheist (mushrik). The Wahhâbî point of view is that he who says that anybody besides Allâhu ta'âlâ did something becomes a polytheist, a disbeliever. For example, he who says, “Such and such medicine relieved the pain ...
Hakikat Kitapevi
8
Islamic Dress Code for Women
... Allah has called to boycott those involved in fornication as He says: The adulterer-fornicator marries not but an adulteress- fornicatress or a female polytheist and the adulteress, none marries her except an adulterer-fornicator or a polytheist ...
Darussalam, 2006
9
Understanding Islam
The adulterer-fornicator marries not but an adultress-fornicatress or a polytheist; and the adultress-fornicatress, none marries her except an adulterer-fornicator or a polytheist. Such a thing is forbidden to the believers. [And that means the man ...
Omar Sheikho Murad, 2011
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The Classical Tradition
Basil works toward his goal by a combination of selection of texts and manipulation of the young readers' expectations, predisposing them to look for messages of value for Christian education while sidelining and largely ignoring the polytheist ...
Anthony Grafton, Glenn W Most, Salvatore Settis, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYTHEIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polytheist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why is hate more newsworthy than love?
The Facebook event has 2400 people supporting it, from many different Pagan and polytheist religions; the change.org petition has 640 ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
Polytheist Day of Protest and Remembrance
I agree with and support the Polytheist Day of Protest and Remembrance, but I would like to see more emphasis within it on the people killed by ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
3
Paganism for Beginners: Diversity
For example, one Wiccan coven or individual might be animist or polytheist in their outlook; another might be more duotheist. Some Wiccan ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
Prodigy could go to university, but should she?
It's best not to call anyone a kafir, even if they are polytheist and not Ahl Al Kitab or people of the book. It's Allah's job to judge and decide. «The National, Jul 15»
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Many deities, one beloved
It is possible to be a monogamous polytheist, or a polyamorous monotheist. I am monogamous and polytheist. I regard being monogamous as ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Beneath the Surface of Faith
... I used to be more of a polytheist, and now I'm more of a pantheist/archetypist. I think about the mysteries beneath the surface of the world, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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What Are The Gods Up To?
It's not even UPG – unverified personal gnosis. This is simply the speculation of one polytheist who talks to other polytheists and likes to think ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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4 Things I Sometimes Envy In Other Faith Traditions
However I'm a big fan of Judaism's “polytheist period” and as the article points out, I would love to stand on a spot where people once ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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The toxic rivalry of Saudi Arabia and Isis
... Isis as to which of them is a more credible scourge of the Shia — branded in both ideologies as polytheist heretics and rafidah (“rejectionist”). «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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Polytheism and Polyamory are a Natural Combination
Last week over on Raise the Horns Jason has been talking about being a polytheist. It got me to thinking about my own relationship to ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Polytheist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/polytheist>. Apr 2024 ».
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