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Noun [English]

IPA: /juˈhiməˌɹɪzəm/ [General-American], /juːˈhiːməɹɪzm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /juːˈhiːməɹɪzəm/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: euhemerisms [plural]
Etymology: From Euhemerus + -ism, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Euhemerus|ism}} Euhemerus + -ism, {{der|en|la|Euhēmerus}} Latin Euhēmerus, {{der|en|grc|Εὐήμερος}} Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} euhemerism (usually uncountable, plural euhemerisms)
  1. (uncountable) The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events. Wikipedia link: Euhemerism Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Atheism, Chinese mythology, Greek mythology, History, Mythology, Roman mythology, Theology Synonyms: historical theory, rationalism, euemerism, Euemerism, Euhemerism Derived forms: euhemerist, euhemeristic, euhemerization, euhemerize Translations (attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends): يُوهَيْمِرِيَّة (yūhaymiriyya) (Arabic), էվգեմերիզմ (ēvgemerizm) (Armenian), euhemerisme [common-gender] (Danish), evemerismo (Esperanto), eŭhemerismo (Esperanto), euhemerismi (Finnish), évhémérisme [masculine] (French), ευημερισμός (evimerismós) [masculine] (Greek), euhemerismo (Ido), evemerismo [masculine] (Italian), エウヘメリズム (euhemerizumu) (Japanese), евгемеризм (yevgemerizm) (Kyrgyz), euhemerismus [masculine] (Latin), euhemerisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), euhemerisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), euhemeryzm [masculine] (Polish), evemerismo [masculine] (Portuguese), euhemerism [neuter] (Romanian), эвгемери́зм (evgemerízm) [masculine] (Russian), еухемеризам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), euhemerizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), evemerismo [masculine] (Spanish), euhemerism [common-gender] (Swedish), евгемери́зм (evhemerýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], euhemerism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un euhemerism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], euhemerismul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], euhemerism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui euhemerism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], euhemerismului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], euhemerismule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French évhémérisme. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|évhémérisme}} Borrowed from French évhémérisme Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} euhemerism n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=euhemerismelor|gpi=euhemerisme|gsd=euhemerismului|gsi=euhemerism|n=sg|npd=euhemerismele|npi=euhemerisme|nsd=euhemerismul|nsi=euhemerism|vp=euhemerismelor|vs=euhemerismule}}
  1. euhemerism Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-euhemerism-ro-noun-hHT6Mtd7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "يُوهَيْمِرِيَّة"
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "euhemerisme"
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "evemerismo"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "eŭhemerismo"
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "euhemerismi"
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      "word": "évhémérisme"
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ευημερισμός"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "euhemerismo"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "evemerismo"
    },
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
      "word": "エウヘメリズム"
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      "sense": "attribution of a historical origin to myths and legends",
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      "tags": [
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