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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 .
Derived terms
Terms derived from monotheism
Translations
belief in one God
Albanian: monoteizmi
Arabic: تَوْحِيدِيَّة f ( tawḥīdiyya )
Asturian: monoteísmu m
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)
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
Indonesian: monoteisme (id)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Irish: aondiachas m
Japanese: 一神教 (ja) ( いっしんきょう, isshinkyō )
Kazakh: бірқұдайлық ( bırqūdailyq ) , біртәңірлік ( bırtäñırlık )
Korean: 일신교 (ko) ( ilsin'gyo ) (一神教 (ko) ) ( in a specific faith ) , 일신론 ( ilsinnon ) (一神論 ( general )
Latin: monotheïsmus m
Macedonian: монотеизам m ( monoteizam )
Maltese: monoteiżmu m
Nepali: एकेश्वरवाद (ne) ( ekeśvaravād )
Persian: یکتاپرستی ( yektāparasti ) , توحید (fa) ( touhid )
Polish: monoteizm (pl) m inan jedynobóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: monoteísmo (pt) m
Romanian: monoteism (ro)
Russian: монотеи́зм (ru) m ( monotɛízm ) , единобо́жие (ru) n ( jedinobóžije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: монотеизам m једнобоштво n
Roman: monoteizam (sh) m jednoboštvo (sh) n
Slovak: monoteizmus (sk) m jednobožstvo n
Slovene: monoteizem (sl) m
Spanish: monoteísmo (es) m
Swedish: monoteism (sv)
Turkish: tektanrıcılık (tr) , monoteizm (tr)
Ukrainian: монотеї́зм m ( monotejízm )
Urdu: توحید f ( tauhīd )
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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