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Pagan vs Polytheistic - What's the difference?

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Pagan is a synonym of polytheistic.


As adjectives the difference between pagan and polytheistic

is that pagan is pertaining to the city or kingdom of pagan while polytheistic is of or relating to polytheism.

As a proper noun pagan

is or pagan can be (dated) the city of bagan, myanmar.

pagan

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
    • ''Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.
  • (by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

    • Usage notes

    * When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.

    Synonyms

    * (religion) heathenish * (civilisation) barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)

    Antonyms

    * (religion) Abrahamist, Judeo-Christian

    Hyponyms

    * pantheistic * nature-worshipping * neo-pagan

    Derived terms

    * paganism * neopagan * paganly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person not adhering to any major or recognized religion, especially a heathen or non-Abrahamist, follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion, neopagan.
    • This community has a surprising number of pagans .
  • (by extension) (perjoritive, politically incorrect ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person
  • (perjoritive, politically incorrect ) Especially an unruly, badly educated child.

    • Synonyms

    * (heathen) paynim * (uncivilised) philistine, savage * (child) brat

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * neo-pagan

    Related terms

    * peasant * paynim

    See also

    * atheist * heretic * infidel

    References

    Anagrams

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    polytheistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to polytheism
  • * 1909 , The Quarterly Review , p. 124:
    • 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.
  • * Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
    • 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.