polytheistic
/ˌpɒlɪθiːˈɪstɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to polytheism.
Example Sentences
- "The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind."
- "The horse stood still till he had finished the hymn, which Jude repeated under the sway of a polytheistic fancy that he would never have thought of humouring in broad daylight."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English theistic English polytheistic From poly- + theistic.
Inflected Forms
more polytheistic (comparative)
most polytheistic (superlative)