polytheist

noun

Definition of polytheistnext
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as in theist

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as in non-Christian

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polytheist
  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
  • Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
  • As with many of our customs, observances and holidays, Halloween evolved over many centuries as a combination of several non-Christian ancient harvest celebrations and rituals combined with religious celebrations.
    Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of non-Christian
Noun
  • Currently, roughly 70 percent of active-duty personnel identify as Christian, with substantial numbers of atheists, agnostics, Jews, Muslims, and affiliates of Eastern religions in the ranks.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • My father was a strict atheist, and my mother was agnostic.
    Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of atheist
Noun
  • But today, a President Harris would have supine leftist zealots, such as Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), eager to do the bidding of their dear White House leader.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But sometimes conscience demands that even we zealots of the future take stock.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of zealot
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  • Iranian officials told Newsweek that their intelligence services would be more likely to recruit non-Muslim individuals without links to Iran as Israeli officials accuse the Islamic Republic of cultivating spy rings in anticipation of future attacks.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • As non-Muslim subjects, most Armenians, who adhered to the Armenian Apostolic Church, were granted limited autonomy in exchange for paying a special tax in addition to other conditions.
    Türkay Salim Nefes, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024
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
  • But in reality, those arrested were deemed kafirs, or nonbelievers.
    Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2017
  • To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers.
    Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of nonbeliever
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