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Webster 1913 Edition

Monotheism

Mon′o-the-ism

,

Noun.

[

Mono-

+ Gr. [GREEK] god: cf. F.

monothéisme

.]

The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

Webster 1828 Edition

Monotheism

MON'OTHEISM

,

Noun.

[Gr. only, and God.] The doctrine or belief of the existence of one God only.

Definition 2024

monotheism

monotheism

See also: mono-theism and mono theism

English

Alternative forms

mono-theism

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)
Catalan: monoteisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一神教 (zh) ‎(yīshénjiào), 一神論 (zh), 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)
Hungarian: egyistenhit (hu), monoteizmus (hu)
Icelandic: eingyðistrú
Indonesian: monoteisme (id)

Irish: aondiachas m
Japanese: 一神教 (ja) ‎(いっしんきょう, isshinkyō)
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
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 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

Anagrams

theomonism