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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Euhemerism

· Eu·hem·er·ism · IPA /juˈhiməˌɹɪzəm/
01 n. The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination o…
  1. 1.
    The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.