euharmonic (uharmonʻik)

Euhemerism has become the recognized title of that system of mythological interpretation which denies the existence of divine beings, and reduces the gods of old to the level of men. Max Müller , Sci. of Lang., 2d ser., p. 416. Again very many Arab tribes are named after gods or godde es, and the euhemerism which explains this by making the deity a mere deified ancestor has no more claim to attention in the Arab field than in other parts of the Semitic world. W. R. Smith , Kinship and Marriage, p. 17. euhemerist (u-hē'me-rist), n. and a. [Also eu emerist ; Euhemerus (see euhemerism ) + -ist . ] I. n. A believer in the doctrine of euhemerism. II. a . Euhemeristic.