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euhemerism
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euhemerism, n. [L. Euhemerus, Gr. a philosopher, about 300 .].
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. [1913 Webster]
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