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Euhemerism

Eu-hem′er-ism

Noun.
[L.
Euhemerus
, Gr. [GREEK] a philosopher, about 300 [GREEK].]
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.

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