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Paganism vs Polytheism - What's the difference?

paganism | polytheism |

As nouns the difference between paganism and polytheism

is that paganism is indigenous and polytheistic religions while polytheism is the belief of the existence of many gods.

paganism

Noun

  • Indigenous and polytheistic religions.
  • Most people in that region practise their own form of paganism .
  • A class of religions often associated with nature rituals.
  • While paganism is a broad term, most forms pay close attention to the lunar and solar cycles.

    See also

    * Christianity * heathen * heathendom * heathenism * gentile

    polytheism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The belief of the existence of many gods.
  • Derived terms

    * polytheist * polytheists * polytheistic * polytheistical * polytheistically * polydeism

    See also

    * atheism * henotheism * kathenotheism * monotheism * pantheon English words suffixed with -ism