kathenotheism

English

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 himself popularised.

Noun

kathenotheism (uncountable)

1. Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.

Hypernyms

• henotheism

Coordinate terms

• monotheism
• monolatrism

Related terms

• theism

Translations

kathenotheism

• Japanese: 交替神教