Polytheism

Pol′y-the-ism

,

Noun.

[

Poly-

+ Gr. [GREEK] cf. F.

polythéisme

.]

The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.

In the Old Testament, the gradual development of

polytheism

from the primitive monotheism may be learned.

Shaff-Herzog.

,

Noun.

[Gr. many and God.] The doctrine of a plurality of gods or invisible beings superior to man, and having an agency in the government of the world.

See also: poly-theism and poly theism

polytheism ‎(plural polytheisms)

belief in the existence of many gods

Arabic: شِرْك ‎(širk)
Armenian: բազմաստվածություն (hy) ‎(bazmastvacutʿyun), պոլիթեիզմ (hy) ‎(politʿeizm)
Asturian: politeísmu m
Azeri: politeizm, çoxallahlılıq, çoktanrıcılık
Belarusian: шматбожжа n ‎(šmatbóžža), мнагабожжа n ‎(mnahabóžža), палітэізм m ‎(paliteízm)
Bulgarian: политеизъм m ‎(politeízǎm)
Catalan: politeisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多神教 (zh) ‎(duōshénjiào)
Czech: polyteismus m
Danish: polyteisme
Dutch: polytheïsme n
Esperanto: politeismo
Estonian: polüteism
Finnish: monijumalisuus (fi), polyteismi (fi)
French: polythéisme (fr) m
Galician: politeísmo (gl) m
Georgian: პოლითეიზმი ‎(ṗoliteizmi), მრავალღმერთიანობა ‎(mravalɣmertianoba)
German: Polytheismus (de) m
Greek: πολυθεϊσμός (el) m ‎(polytheïsmós)
Hebrew: פוליתאיזם
Hindi: बहुदेववाद ‎(bahudēvavād)
Hungarian: politeizmus (hu)
Icelandic: fjölgyðistrú f
Ido: politeismo (io)
Indonesian: politeisme (id)
Irish: ildiachas m
Italian: politeismo (it)
Japanese: 多神教 (ja) ‎(たしんきょう, tashinkyō)
Khmer: ពហុទេពនិយម ‎(pea’hu’ teep ni’yum)
Korean: 다신교 (ko) ‎(dasingyo), 다신론 (ko) ‎(dasinron)

Latvian: politeisms
Lithuanian: politeizmas
Macedonian: многубоштво n ‎(mnogubóštvo), незнабоштво n ‎(neznabóštvo), политеизам m ‎(politeízam)
Maltese: politeiżmu m
Manx: yl-jeeaghys
Occitan:
Persian: چندخدایی ‎(čand-xodâyi), شرک (fa)
Polish: politeizm (pl) m inan, wielobóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: politeísmo (pt) m
Romanian: politeism (ro) n
Russian: политеи́зм (ru) m ‎(politɛízm), многобо́жие (ru) n ‎(mnogobóžije)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-dhiadhachd f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: политеизам m, многобоштво n, незнабoштво n

Roman: politeizam (sh) m, mnogoboštvo (sh) n, neznaboštvo (sh) n
Slovak: mnohobožstvo n, polyteizmus m
Slovene: politeizem (sl) m
Spanish: politeísmo (es) m
Swedish: polyteism (sv) c
Tajik:
Tamil:
Telugu:
Thai: พหุเทวนิยม ‎(pá-hù tay-wá-ní-yom)
Turkish: politeizm (tr), çoktanrıcılık (tr)
Ukrainian: політеїзм m ‎(politejízm), багатобожжя (uk) n ‎(bahatobóžžja)
Urdu: شرک ‎(širk)
Vietnamese: thuyết đa thần
Volapük: mödagod
Welsh: amldduwiaeth
Yiddish: פּאַליטייזאַם ‎(paliteyzam)