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
  • Is there a better balance to be found than obtained here between a realist concern for the national interest and a decent respect for human life, including brown, non-Christian life?
    Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Many other Christian and non-Christian religions do not share those beliefs.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
Definition of non-Christian
Noun
  • Some in the family—which is very loyal to Hezbollah—said Hamoudi seemed almost an atheist.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many of them reported regularly reading online materials and watching YouTube videos of other atheists and skeptics.
    Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
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
  • 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.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
  • For the believers and nonbelievers, the Pentagon answered whether UFOs or aliens have ever visited Earth, saying there is no evidence.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonbeliever
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