polydeist

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noun

A person who believes in polydeism.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounpolydeist (plural polydeists)

plural polydeists

  1. A person who believes in polydeism.

    Since they do not believe in a plurality of deities, perhaps they should be regarded as monodeists rather than polydeists.

    2001, Ramon M. Lemos, A Neomedieval Essay in Philosophical Theology, page 34
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    Shariah expresses the Salafists' emphasis on jihad not simply against non-believers but against Sufi "polydeists" (mnogobozhniki) in its 9 April 2005 message, quoting a verse from the Koran frequently cited by Salafists: "Kill the polydeists everwhere you find them, sieze them, fight them, and set up ambushes against them in every place" (9:5).

    2007, Gordon M. Hahn, Russia's Islamic threat, page 122

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishdeist
  6. Englishpolydeist

From poly- + deist.

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