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kathenotheism en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined 19th century by Max Müller from the phrase Ancient Greek καθ’ ἕνα (kath’ héna, “one by one”) and the word θεός (theós, “god”), following theism, extending the prior coinage henotheism by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling which he had himself popularised.

Meanings

(uncountable) Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.

Coordinates

monotheism · monolatrism

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Translations (2)

pl katenoteizm (kathenotheism) · ja 交替神教 (kathenotheism)

wikipedia: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling · wikipedia: Max Müller