POLYTHEISM Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

polytheism

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Definition of polytheism

as in paganism

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Recent Examples of polytheism The faith codes included dozens of highly specific Christian denominations, as well as groups such as Ásatrú, which honors Norse gods; Eckankar, which emphasizes soul travel, dreams, and past-life study; and the Troth, a form of Germanic polytheism. — Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2026 As Jewish identity crystallized during and after the Babylonian exile, polytheism remained an enduring temptation. — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026 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. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026 Nefertiti was the principal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who upended Egypt's religious customs away from polytheism and toward Atenism. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Western antiquity Christianity was shaped by its roots in Judaism, but also its rejection of Greco-Roman religious culture, especially its polytheism. — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2026

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There are still remnants of the Gauls in the modern French language, including the words for country and paganism, INRAP president Dominique Garcia pointed out.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
To Europeans, the binary of civility and savagery paralleled that of Christianity and paganism.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026

Definition of paganism

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For all its moral and political weight, monotheism is surprisingly hard to pin down.

— Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
Stasevska was born in 1984, the same year that Glass’ hypnotic, ritualistic opera, about an Egyptian pharaoh who dared to push monotheism onto his polytheistic culture, debuted in Stuttgart, Germany.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of monotheism

Noun

However, some Druids—especially those who identify simultaneously as Christians—are monotheists, while still others subscribe to pantheism, atheism, and other perspectives on divinity.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
In 1809, Friedrich’s budding pantheism landed him in hot water.

— Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024

Definition of pantheism

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Courts developed the doctrine of successor liability precisely because asset buyers so often attempt to leave a seller’s obligations behind.

— Camden Kaminsky, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Long before the official ban on private farming was lifted in 1982, peasants across China spontaneously reintroduced private ownership in defiance of socialist doctrine.

— Rainer Zitelmann, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of doctrine

Noun

This vague gesture in the direction of deism has no antecedent in the book, no moral or theological trajectory to make Bambi’s insight meaningful or satisfying.

— Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
Those intuitions usually commended a staid deism and scorn for those whose beliefs extended any further.

— Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021

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