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多た神しん教きょう

た

し

ん

きょ

う

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

Refers to the belief in or worship of multiple gods. Used in religious, historical, and anthropological contexts.

古こ代だいギリシャでは多た神しん教きょうが信しん仰こうされていた。
Polytheism was practiced in ancient Greece.
多た神しん教きょうと一いっ神しん教

きょう

の

違ちが

い

に

つい

て

調しら

べ

て

いる

。

I am researching the differences between polytheism and monotheism.

Kanji

多many, frequent, much
神gods, mind, soul
教teach, faith, doctrine

Similar words

一いっ神しん教きょう
Monotheism, the belief in a single god, as opposed to 多神教 (polytheism).
汎はん神しん論ろん
Pantheism, the belief that the divine pervades all things, distinct from polytheism's multiple distinct gods.

Etymology

Compound of 多 (た, 'many'), 神 (しん, 'god'), and 教 (きょう, 'teaching' or 'religion'). The term is a direct conceptual translation of the Western term 'polytheism', likely coined in the Meiji period as part of the modernization of Japanese religious vocabulary.