What's the difference between polytheism and theism?

Polytheism


Definition:

  • (n.) The doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He rejected what he saw as pagan accretions introduced by bid’a (innovation) and shirk (idolatry or polytheism), which detracts from the absolute transcendence of God.

Theism


Definition:

  • (n.) The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The sketch that occasioned this lurch of theism on my part was a typical piece of Morrisian excess.