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polydæmonism, -demonism|pɒlɪˈdiːmənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + δαίµον divinity, demon + -ism, after polytheism.]
A belief in many divinities (i.e. simply, supernatural powers, or spec. evil spirits: see demon1 1, 2). So polydæmoˈnistic (-de-) a., pertaining to or characterized by polydemonism.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. 13 All these sorts both of dæmonism, polytheism, atheism, and theism, may be mix'd..; which opinion may be call'd polydæmonism. 1877J. E. Carpenter tr. Tiele's Hist. Relig. 5 The polydæmonistic magic tribal religions of the present day. Ibid. 10 An unorganized polydæmonism, which does not, how⁓ever, exclude the belief in a supreme Spirit. 1881Monier Williams in 19th Cent. Mar. 505 Hindūism developed into an all-comprehensive corrupt system which may be described as a loose conglomerate of pantheism, dualism, polytheism, and polydemonism held in cohesion by an alleged monotheism. Ibid., A combination of dualism with polytheistic and polydemonistic ideas. |