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Etymology
A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- theism μονός ( monós , “ one ” ) ) and (θεός ( theós , “ god, deity ” ) + -ισμός ( -ismós ) ) The term parallels the earlier polytheism , atheism (the simplex theism being slightly later).
The earliest known use is by Henry More, ca. 1660, in explicit juxtaposition with both atheism and polytheism .
Pronunciation
Noun
monotheism (countable and uncountable plural monotheisms
The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess ); especially within an organized religion .
The belief that God is one person (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), not three persons (Trinitarianism, Hinduism)
Derived terms
alethomonotheism Alethomonotheism aletho-monotheism Aletho-monotheism post-monotheism Post-monotheism postmonotheism Postmonotheism pre-monotheism Pre-monotheism premonotheism Premonotheism protomonotheism Protomonotheism proto-monotheism Proto-monotheism pseudomonotheism Pseudomonotheism pseudo-monotheism 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 ( 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 ) , 一神论 (zh) ( yīshénlùn )
Czech: monoteismus m
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 )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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
Macedonian: монотеизам m ( monoteizam )
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
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: please add this translation if you can
Western Panjabi: واحدپرستی f ( vāhidparastī )
See also
binitarianism Binitarianism bitheism Bitheism deism Deism ditheism Ditheism duotheism Duotheism henotheism Henotheism polytheism Polytheism quadrinitarianism Quadrinitarianism septarianism Septarianism septenarianism Septenarianism theism Theism trinitarianism Trinitarianism tritheism Tritheism triunitarianism Triunitarianism unitarianism Unitarianism
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