polytheist

noun

Definition of polytheistnext
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as in theist

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as in non-Christian

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  1. theist
  2. non-Christian
  3. atheist
  4. zealot
  5. non-Muslim
  6. pagan
  7. unbeliever
  8. nonbeliever
Noun
  • There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.
    — Denis Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • This doesn't mean that more atheist societies are worse than more theist societies (e.g., Estonia vs. Romania).
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
Definition of theist
Noun
  • Meanwhile, 78% of those 65 and older identify as Christian. State of prayer: More Houston residents identify as non-Christian or religiously unaffiliated now than in 2014. 67% of Houston residents identify as Christian, down from 73% in 2014.
    — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Provide floating holidays or additional PTO to accommodate non-Christian religious observances.
    — Aparna Rae, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of non-Christian
Noun
  • Who is Jonathan Rauch, a gay Jewish atheist, to write a book about how conservative American Christians are failing themselves and democracy?
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Austin Ray, an atheist, filed the civil action against the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in January in federal court.
    — Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of atheist
Noun
  • Outside of a handful of terminally online zealots who do more harm than good to their side, nobody is invested in today’s presidential side quests.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Hold, its halls bereft of the zealots, liars, and dung-eating murderers who haunt it in Elden Ring, feels empty and perfunctory.
    — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of zealot
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  • One of Indonesia’s most high-profile blasphemy cases was that of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Indonesian politician widely known as Ahok who served as Jakarta’s first non-Muslim governor in 50 years.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The following tips will help non-Muslim travelers make the most out of their trip during Ramadan while also ensuring adequate respect for locals who are fasting.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of non-Muslim
Noun
  • Church officials decided to recognize Dec. 25 as his birthday, probably to coincide with the date of pagan festivals in an attempt to get pagans to accept Christianity as the official religion.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 10 Nov. 2017
  • While plague stalks the land, paranoid peasants swap cautionary folk tales about evil spirits, pagans, Jews and other outsiders.
    — Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2017
Definition of pagan
Noun
  • An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.
    — Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.
    — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
Definition of unbeliever
Noun
  • The streets of Vatican City are both energized and oppressed with grief as faithful Catholics and nonbelievers consider the life and death, possibly soon, of Christ’s representative on earth.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There are only two kinds of people in the world: the believer and the nonbeliever.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of nonbeliever
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