monotheism
/ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈθiɪzm̩/
monotheism noun: belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian.
Noun
monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms)
- 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)
monotheism meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
monotheism in Hindi
- belief in one God
- एकेश्वरवाद ekeśvarvād
monotheism in Urdu
- belief in one God
- توحید tauhīd, واحدانیت vāhdāniyat
monotheism in Bengali
- belief in one God
- একেশ্বরবাদ ekeśśorbad
monotheism in Kannada
- ಏಕೀಶ್ವರವಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- monotheism in Punjabi
- ਅਦਵੈਤਵਾਦ adavaitvād
- monotheism in Nepali
- एकेश्वरवाद ekeśvaravād
- monotheism in Arabic
- تَوْحِيد tawḥīd
- monotheism in Malay
- monoteisme, tauhid
- monotheism in Indonesian
- monoteisme
- monotheism in Persian
- یکتاپرستی yektâparasti, توحید towhid
- monotheism in Thai
- เอกเทวนิยม èek-gà-tee-wá-ní-yom
Forms of monotheism
| plural | monotheisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mono-theism |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from monotheism
- alethomonotheism
- Aletho-monotheism
- Postmonotheism
- post-monotheism
- Premonotheism
- Pre-monotheism
- proto-monotheism
- Protomonotheism
- pseudo-monotheism
- Pseudomonotheism
Questions about monotheism
- What does monotheism mean?
- Monotheism means belief in the One True God, defined by More as personal, immaterial and trinitarian.
- What is monotheism in Hindi?
- Monotheism in Hindi is एकेश्वरवाद (ekeśvarvād). See Monotheism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monotheism?
- Monotheism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce monotheism?
- Monotheism is pronounced /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈθiɪzm̩/.
- What is the plural of monotheism?
- The plural of monotheism is monotheisms.
Words near monotheism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monotheism (page history and authors); monotheism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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