monotheism

See also: mono-theism and mono theism

English

Alternative forms

• mono-theism

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-der.

Proto-Hellenic *mónwos

Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos)

Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der.

English mono-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós

Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós

Ancient Greek θεός (theós)

Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der.

Latin theo-der.

English theo-

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English theism

English monotheism

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/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms)

1. (obsolete) Belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian.
2. The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.
3. 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
• Azerbaijani: monoteizm, təktanrıçılıq, tövhid
• Belarusian: монатэі́зм m (monateízm), адзінабо́жжа n (adzinabóžža)
• Bengali: একেশ্বরবাদ (bn) (ekeśśorbad)
• Bulgarian: монотеи́зъм m (monoteízăm), 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)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: tupã peteĩre jerovia

• 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 (birqudaylıq), біртәңірлік (birtäŋirlik)
• Korean: 일신교(一神教) (ko) (ilsin'gyo) (in a specific faith), 일신론(一神論) (ilsinnon) (general)
• Kyrgyz: биркудайчылык (ky) (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)

  Western Punjabi: واحدپرستی f (vāhidparastī)

• Romanian: monoteism (ro) n
• Russian: монотеи́зм (ru) m (monotɛízm), единобо́жие (ru) n (jedinobóžije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: монотеѝзам m, једно̀боштво n

  Latin: 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: tek tanrıcılık (tr), monoteizm (tr)
• Ukrainian: монотеї́зм m (monotejízm), єдинобо́жжя n (jedynobóžžja)
• Urdu: توحید f (tauhīd), واحدانیت f (vāhdāniyat)
• Uyghur: بىر خۇدالىق دىن (bir xudaliq din)

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

Anagrams

• neo-Thomism, nomotheism, theomonism