different between henotheism vs tritheism

English

Etymology

From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ?? (hén) (stem of ??? (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?n????i??z(?)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?no???i?z(?)m/
• Hyphenation: he?no?the?i?sm

Noun

henotheism (countable and uncountable, plural henotheisms)

1. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.

Hypernyms

• theism

Hyponyms

• kathenotheism

Coordinate terms

• monolatrism
• monotheism

Derived terms

• kathenotheism

Related terms

• henosis
• theism

Translations

Further reading

• henotheism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

tri- +? theism

Noun

tritheism (usually uncountable, plural tritheisms)

1. A belief in three gods.
2. Any of several forms of Christianity that deny the Trinity.

Related terms

• atheism
• bitheism
• ditheism
• henotheism
• monotheism
• nontheism
• panentheism
• pantheism
• polytheism
• theism
• unitheism

Translations

Anagrams

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