A.Word.A.Day --henotheism

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Jun 17, 2020

This week’s theme
Words made with combining forms

This week’s words
lithophone
aischrolatreia
henotheism
hyponym
geratology

So out of the thousands of religions that exist the only one you were exposed to as a child is the only true religion? What an amazing coincidence!

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A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

henotheism

PRONUNCIATION:

(HEN-uh-thee-iz-uhm)

MEANING:

noun: Belief in or worship of one god without denying the possibility of others.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek heno- (one) + -theism (belief in god). Earliest documented use: 1860.

USAGE:

“Of course, it is certainly easier and more economical to please a few gods rather than many, so henotheism slowly superseded polytheism, from which monotheism was a small, albeit logical step.”
Frank Luger; Lebenswert; Lulu; 2019.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)

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