Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
belief in multiple Gods;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polytheism \Pol"y*the*ism\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? cf. F.
polyth['e]isme.]
The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
[1913 Webster]
In the Old Testament, the gradual development of
polytheism from the primitive monotheism may be
learned. --Shaff-Herzog.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
polytheism
n 1: belief in multiple Gods [ant: monotheism]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "polytheism":
acosmism, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism,
anthropotheism, autotheism, cosmotheism, deism, ditheism, dualism,
dyotheism, henotheism, hylotheism, monolatry, monotheism,
multitheism, myriotheism, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism,
psychotheism, tetratheism, theism, theopantism, theriotheism,
tritheism, zootheism