| THEISM | • theism n. Belief in the existence of at least one deity. • theism n. (Strictly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present… • theism n. A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea. |
| ATHEISM | • atheism n. (Strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs). • atheism n. (Broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist). • atheism n. (Very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities). |
| DITHEISM | • ditheism n. A belief in two deities, which may be in conflict with each other. • DITHEISM n. belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil. |
| EGOTHEISM | • egotheism n. The deification of one’s own self. • egotheism n. The view that the idea of God is nothing more than a conception of the self. • EGOTHEISM n. identification of oneself with God. |
| NONTHEISM | • nontheism n. Any of a range of concepts regarding spirituality and religion which do not include the idea of a deity… • NONTHEISM n. absence of belief in a god or gods. |
| PANTHEISM | • pantheism n. (Religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies… • pantheism n. (Rare, religion) The belief in all gods; omnitheism. • Pantheism n. Alternative spelling of pantheism. |
| TRITHEISM | • tritheism n. A belief in three gods. • tritheism n. Any of several forms of Christianity that deny the Trinity. • TRITHEISM n. the belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods. |
| ZOOTHEISM | • zootheism n. Animal worship; zoolatry. • ZOOTHEISM n. the attribution of divine qualities to animals. |
| ALLOTHEISM | • allotheism n. Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one’s own land. • ALLOTHEISM n. belief in or worship of strange gods. |
| ANTITHEISM | • antitheism n. The categorical opposition to the belief in any and all deities. • ANTITHEISM n. the doctrine of antitheists. |
| AUTOTHEISM | • autotheism n. Worship of oneself. • autotheism n. Belief that one is a deity. • autotheism n. Belief that one is possessed by a divine power. |
| HENOTHEISM | • henotheism n. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities. • HENOTHEISM n. the worship of one god, without denying the existence of others. |
| HYLOTHEISM | • hylotheism n. Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism). • hylotheism n. Doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe (see materialism). • HYLOTHEISM n. the doctrine that there is no God but matter and the universe. |
| MONOTHEISM | • monotheism n. The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion. • monotheism n. The belief that God is one person (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), not three persons (Trinitarianism, Hinduism). • mono-theism n. (Nonstandard) Alternative form of monotheism. |
| POLYTHEISM | • polytheism n. The belief in the existence of multiple gods. • poly-theism n. (Nonstandard) Alternative form of polytheism. • poly␣theism n. Misspelling of polytheism. |
| COSMOTHEISM | • cosmotheism n. Pantheism. • COSMOTHEISM n. the belief that identifies God with the cosmos. |
| PANENTHEISM | • panentheism n. (Philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends… • panentheism n. (Rare) A belief in all gods. • Panentheism n. Alternative spelling of panentheism. |
| PHYSITHEISM | • physitheism n. The ascription of physical form and attributes to a deity. • PHYSITHEISM n. the ascription of physical form and attributes to deity; the deification of the powers of nature. |
| TETRATHEISM | • tetratheism n. A belief in four gods. • tetratheism n. (Christianity) The belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases… • TETRATHEISM n. the belief in four elements in the Godhead, i.e. the three persons of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates. |