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A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- + theism, from (μονός (monós, “one”)) and (θεός (theós, “god, deity”) + -ισμός (-ismós)) The term parallels the earlier polytheism, atheism (the simplex theism being slightly later).
The term was coined by Henry More, ca. 1660, in explicit juxtaposition with both atheism and polytheism. It was redefined through etymological fallacy by Daniel Webster ca. 1828.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈθiɪzm̩/
Noun
monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms)
- (obsolete) Belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian.
- The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.
- The belief that God is one person (Judaism, Unitarian Christianity, Islam), not three persons (Trinitarian Christianity, Hinduism)
Derived terms
- alethomonotheism
- Aletho-monotheism
- aletho-monotheism
- Alethomonotheism
- Postmonotheism
- postmonotheism
- post-monotheism
- Post-monotheism
- Premonotheism
- premonotheism
- Pre-monotheism
- pre-monotheism
- proto-monotheism
- Protomonotheism
- Proto-monotheism
- protomonotheism
- pseudo-monotheism
- Pseudomonotheism
- pseudomonotheism
- Pseudo-monotheism
Translations
belief in one God
- Albanian: monoteizmi ?
- Arabic: تَوْحِيد (ar) m (tawḥīd)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: monoteísmu (ast) m
- Belarusian: монатэі́зм m (monateízm), адзінабо́жжа n (adzinabóžža)
- Bengali: একেশ্বরবাদ (bn) (ekeśśorbad)
- Bulgarian: монотеи́зъм m (monoteízǎm), единобо́жие n (edinobóžie)
- Catalan: monoteisme m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一神教 (zh) (yīshénjiào), 一神論 / 一神论 (zh) (yīshénlùn)
- Czech: monoteismus (cs) m, jednobožství (cs) n
- Danish: monoteisme (da) c
- Dutch: monotheïsme (nl) n
- Esperanto: monoteismo, unudiismo
- Estonian: monoteism
- Finnish: monoteismi (fi)
- French: monothéisme (fr) m
- Galician: monoteísmo (gl) m
- Georgian: მონოთეიზმი (monoteizmi), ერთღმერთიანობა (ertɣmertianoba)
- German: Monotheismus (de) m
- Greek: μονοθεϊσμός (el) m (monotheïsmós)
- Hebrew: מוֹנוֹתֵאִיזְם m (monote'izm)
- Hindi: एकेश्वरवाद (hi) m (ekeśvarvād)
- Hungarian: egyistenhit (hu), monoteizmus (hu)
- Icelandic: eingyðistrú f
- Indonesian: monoteisme (id)
- Irish: aondiachas m
- Japanese: 一神教 (ja) (いっしんきょう, isshinkyō)
- Kazakh: бірқұдайлық (bırqūdailyq), біртәңірлік (bırtäñırlık)
- Korean: 일신교(一神教) (ko) (ilsin'gyo) (in a specific faith), 일신론(一神論) (ilsinnon) (general)
- Kyrgyz: биркудайчылык (birkudaycılık), биртеңирчилик (birteŋircilik)
- Latin: monotheïsmus m
- Lithuanian: monoteizmas m
- Macedonian: монотеизам m (monoteizam), еднобоштво n (ednoboštvo)
- Malay: monoteisme (ms), tauhid (Islam)
- Maltese: monoteiżmu m
- Nepali: एकेश्वरवाद (ne) (ekeśvaravād)
- Persian: یکتاپرستی (yektâparasti), توحید (fa) (towhid)
- Polish: monoteizm (pl) m inan, jedynobóstwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: monoteísmo (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਅਦਵੈਤਵਾਦ (pa) m (adavaitvād)
- Romanian: monoteism (ro) n
- Russian: монотеи́зм (ru) m (monotɛízm), единобо́жие (ru) n (jedinobóžije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: монотеѝзам m, једно̀боштво n
- Roman: monoteìzam (sh) m, jednòboštvo (sh) n
- Slovak: monoteizmus (sk) m, jednobožstvo n
- Slovene: monoteizem (sl) m
- Spanish: monoteísmo (es) m
- Swedish: monoteism (sv) c, engudstro c
- Thai: เอกเทวนิยม (th) (èek-gà-tee-wá-ní-yom)
- Turkish: tektanrıcılık (tr), monoteizm (tr)
- Ukrainian: монотеї́зм m (monotejízm), єдинобо́жжя n (jedynobóžžja)
- Urdu: توحید f (tauhīd), واحدانیت f (vāhdāniyat)
- Uyghur: بىر خۇدالىق دىن (bir xudaliq din)
- Western Panjabi: واحدپرستی f (vāhidparastī)
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