scioˈtheism
[f. Gr. σκιο-, σκιά shadow + θε-ός god + -ism.]
A proposed term for the form of religion in which ghosts take the place of gods.
| 1886 Huxley in 19th Cent. Apr. 493 This sciotheism, as it might be called. 1886 Blackw. Mag. CXL. 794 She has been discoursing..upon sciotheism. |