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单词 henotheistic
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henotheisticadj.

Brit. /ˌhɛnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɛnəθiˈɪstɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἑν- , εἷς , -o- connective, theistic adj.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἑν-, stem of εἷς (masculine) one (see henad n.) + -o- connective + theistic adj., after henotheism n. Compare slightly later henotheist n.
Of, relating to, or involving henotheism, a form of faith which, although recognizing the existence (or potential existence) of several gods, makes only one god the centre of its worship.
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1865 Reader 25 Nov. 602/2 We may see Polytheism coming out of Fetichism; but how if the two terms are only different expressions for the same mood, and both be the result of a previous Henotheistic struggle that this generalization simply smoothes over?
1880 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Apr. 724 The region of ideas, in which..Iris had been born, was the henotheistic region.
1882 F. M. Müller India 182 If the Veda had taught us nothing else but this henotheistic phase.
2005 R. Aslan No God but God ii. 40 Muhammad was addressing a community that already possessed some measure of monotheistic—or at the very least, henotheistic—tendencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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