đa thần
Definition
Noun:
- Polytheism: A religious belief system or doctrine that acknowledges and worships multiple gods or deities. This contrasts with monotheism (belief in one god) and atheism (belief in no gods).
Adjective:
- Polytheistic: Describing a religion, culture, or person that believes in or is characterized by the worship of many gods.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Đạo Hindu thường được xem là một tôn giáo theo thuyết đa thần. (Hinduism is often considered a religion of polytheism.)
- Thuyết đa thần từng phổ biến ở nhiều nền văn minh cổ đại. (Polytheism was once common in many ancient civilizations.)
Adjective:
- Người Hy Lạp cổ đại có một hệ thống tín ngưỡng đa thần. (The ancient Greeks had a polytheistic belief system.)
- Những xã hội đa thần thường có các vị thần cho từng hiện tượng tự nhiên. (Polytheistic societies often have gods for specific natural phenomena.)
Advanced Usage
- Used in academic and religious studies contexts to classify and compare world religions and mythological systems.
- Can be part of compound nouns in Vietnamese, such as "tín ngưỡng đa thần" (polytheistic belief) or "hệ thống đa thần" (polytheistic system).
Variants and Related Words
- Độc thần (n): Monotheism. The belief in a single, all-powerful deity.
- Vô thần (n): Atheism. The disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of any gods.
- Thần linh (n): Deity, god, spirit. A supernatural being worshipped in a religion.
Synonyms
- Polytheism: The doctrine of or belief in multiple gods.
- Multi-deity worship: The act of venerating many gods.
Antonyms
- Monotheism: The belief that there is only one god.
- Atheism: The absence of belief in the existence of deities.
Related Concepts
- Pantheon: The collective group of all the gods of a particular polytheistic religion or mythology.
- Animism: The belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence, which can sometimes overlap with polytheistic ideas.
- Henotheism: The worship of a single primary god while accepting the existence of other gods.