noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɛnəʊˌθiːɪz(ə)m/
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General-American:/ˈhɛnoʊˌθiɪz(ə)m/
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noun
Meaning 1
Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, stem of εἷς (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”))).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
henoteizmi
— belief or worship
Arabic:
هينوثية
— belief or worship
Bulgarian:
примотеизъм
(primoteizǎm)
— belief or worship
Catalan:
henoteisme
— belief or worship
Chinese Mandarin:
單一主神論 /单一主神论
— belief or worship
Dutch:
henotheïsme
— belief or worship
Esperanto:
henoteismo
— belief or worship
Finnish:
henoteismi
— belief or worship
French:
hénothéisme
— belief or worship
Galician:
henoteísmo
— belief or worship
Georgian:
ჰენოთეიზმი
(henoteizmi)
— belief or worship
German:
Henotheismus
— belief or worship
Greek:
ενοθεϊσμός
(enotheïsmós)
— belief or worship
Hebrew:
הנותאיזם
— belief or worship
Hungarian:
henoteizmus
— belief or worship
Indonesian:
henoteisme
— belief or worship
Italian:
enoteismo
— belief or worship
Japanese:
単一神教
— belief or worship
Korean:
단일신교
(danilsin'gyo)
— belief or worship
Latin:
henotheismus
— belief or worship
Norwegian Bokmål:
henoteisme
— belief or worship
Polish:
henoteizm
— belief or worship
Portuguese:
henoteísmo
— belief or worship
Romanian:
henoteism
— belief or worship
Russian:
генотеи́зм
(genoteízm)
— belief or worship
Serbo-Croatian:
henoteizam
— belief or worship
Slovak:
henoteizmus
— belief or worship
Upper Sorbian:
henoteizm
— belief or worship
Spanish:
henoteísmo
— belief or worship
Swedish:
henoteism
— belief or worship
Thai:
อติเทวนิยม
— belief or worship
Turkish:
henoteizm
— belief or worship
Ukrainian:
генотеїзм
(henotejizm)
— belief or worship
Ukrainian:
енотеїзм
(enotejizm)
— belief or worship
