polytheismn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlɪθɪɪz(ə)m/,

/ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpɑliθiˌɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈpɑləθiˌɪz(ə)m/,

/ˌpɑliˈθiɪz(ə)m/

Forms: 1600s politheisme, 1600s polutheism, 1600s polytheisme, 1600s polythisme, 1600s–1700s politheism, 1700s– polytheism.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: poly- comb. form, -theism comb. form.

Etymology: < poly- comb. form + -theism comb. form, after French polythéisme (1580). Compare post-classical Latin polytheismus (1609 in a British source). Compare earlier atheism n. and later theism n.¹ Compare also polytheist n.In form polutheism after ancient Greek πολύθεος (see polytheous adj.).

The doctrine or belief that there is more than one god; worship of several gods.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > [noun] > polytheism

polytheism1613

polydaemonism1699

multitheism1719

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. 43 Theu built afterward..an exchanged Polytheisme in worshipping of Saints, Images, and the Host.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 315 Some Temples..furnisht with wooden gods for politheisme.

1658 E. Reynolds Vanitie of Creature in Wks. (1679) 8 There is yet a bitter root of Atheisme, and of Polutheisme in the minds of Men by nature.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. iii. 28 For Theism can only be oppos'd to Polytheism, or Atheism.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 101 Celsus..justifies the polytheism of the heathens.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 183 It has sometimes been made a question whether polytheism or monotheism is the more ancient form of natural religion.

1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1542 Hinduism is not the idolatry and unrooted polytheism of savages.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. vi. 129 In this very varied and often very vague polytheism there was a weakness of original sin.

1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism viii. 138 Orthodox theology (which regarded the invocation of saints as trespassing into polytheism by derogating from the worship of God alone).

1988 P. Toynbee End of Journey 198 Pantheism—to my mind a far worse mistake than polytheism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polytheism
释义	polytheismn. Brit. /ˈpɒlɪθɪɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɒlɪˈθiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɑliθiˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɑləθiˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɑliˈθiɪz(ə)m/ Forms: 1600s politheisme, 1600s polutheism, 1600s polytheisme, 1600s polythisme, 1600s–1700s politheism, 1700s– polytheism. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: poly- comb. form, -theism comb. form. Etymology: < poly- comb. form + -theism comb. form, after French polythéisme (1580). Compare post-classical Latin polytheismus (1609 in a British source). Compare earlier atheism n. and later theism n.¹ Compare also polytheist n.In form polutheism after ancient Greek πολύθεος (see polytheous adj.). The doctrine or belief that there is more than one god; worship of several gods. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > [noun] > polytheism polytheism1613 polydaemonism1699 multitheism1719 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. 43 Theu built afterward..an exchanged Polytheisme in worshipping of Saints, Images, and the Host. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 315 Some Temples..furnisht with wooden gods for politheisme. 1658 E. Reynolds Vanitie of Creature in Wks. (1679) 8 There is yet a bitter root of Atheisme, and of Polutheisme in the minds of Men by nature. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. iii. 28 For Theism can only be oppos'd to Polytheism, or Atheism. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 101 Celsus..justifies the polytheism of the heathens. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 183 It has sometimes been made a question whether polytheism or monotheism is the more ancient form of natural religion. 1893 in J. H. Barrows World's Parl. Relig. II. 1542 Hinduism is not the idolatry and unrooted polytheism of savages. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. vi. 129 In this very varied and often very vague polytheism there was a weakness of original sin. 1949 H. A. R. Gibb Mohammedanism viii. 138 Orthodox theology (which regarded the invocation of saints as trespassing into polytheism by derogating from the worship of God alone). 1988 P. Toynbee End of Journey 198 Pantheism—to my mind a far worse mistake than polytheism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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