monotheism

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• /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈθiɪzm̩/
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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.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: monoteizmi — belief in one God
• Arabic: تَوْحِيد (tawḥīd) — belief in one God
• Asturian: monoteísmu — belief in one God
• Azerbaijani: monoteizm — belief in one God
• Azerbaijani: təktanrıçılıq — belief in one God
• Azerbaijani: tövhid — belief in one God
• Belarusian: монатэі́зм (monateízm) — belief in one God
• Belarusian: адзінабо́жжа (adzinabóžža) — belief in one God
• Bengali: একেশ্বরবাদ (ekeśśorbad) — belief in one God
• Bulgarian: монотеи́зъм (monoteízǎm) — belief in one God
• Bulgarian: единобо́жие (edinobóžie) — belief in one God
• Catalan: monoteisme — belief in one God
• Chinese Mandarin: 一神教 (yīshénjiào) — belief in one God
• Chinese Mandarin: 一神論 /一神论 (yīshénlùn) — belief in one God
• Czech: monoteismus — belief in one God
• Czech: jednobožství — belief in one God
• Danish: monoteisme — belief in one God
• Dutch: monotheïsme — belief in one God
• Esperanto: monoteismo — belief in one God
• Esperanto: unudiismo — belief in one God
• Estonian: monoteism — belief in one God
• Finnish: monoteismi — belief in one God
• French: monothéisme — belief in one God
• Galician: monoteísmo — belief in one God
• Georgian: მონოთეიზმი (monoteizmi) — belief in one God
• Georgian: ერთღმერთიანობა (ertɣmertianoba) — belief in one God
• German: Monotheismus — belief in one God
• Greek: μονοθεϊσμός (monotheïsmós) — belief in one God
• Paraguayan Guarani: tupã peteĩre jerovia — belief in one God
• Hebrew: מוֹנוֹתֵאִיזְם (monote'izm) — belief in one God
• Hindi: एकेश्वरवाद (ekeśvarvād) — belief in one God
• Hungarian: egyistenhit — belief in one God
• Hungarian: monoteizmus — belief in one God
• Icelandic: eingyðistrú — belief in one God
• Indonesian: monoteisme — belief in one God
• Irish: aondiachas — belief in one God
• Japanese: 一神教 (isshinkyō) — belief in one God
• Kazakh: бірқұдайлық (bırqūdailyq) — belief in one God
• Kazakh: біртәңірлік (bırtäñırlık) — belief in one God
• Korean: 일신교 (ilsin'gyo) — belief in one God
• Korean: 일신론 (ilsinnon) — belief in one God
• Kyrgyz: биркудайчылык (birkudaycılık) — belief in one God
• Kyrgyz: биртеңирчилик (birteŋircilik) — belief in one God
• Latin: monotheïsmus — belief in one God
• Lithuanian: monoteizmas — belief in one God
• Macedonian: монотеизам (monoteizam) — belief in one God
• Macedonian: еднобоштво (ednoboštvo) — belief in one God
• Malay: monoteisme — belief in one God
• Malay: tauhid — belief in one God
• Maltese: monoteiżmu — belief in one God
• Nepali: एकेश्वरवाद (ekeśvaravād) — belief in one God
• Persian: یکتاپرستی (yektâparasti) — belief in one God
• Persian: توحید (towhid) — belief in one God
• Polish: monoteizm — belief in one God
• Polish: jedynobóstwo — belief in one God
• Portuguese: monoteísmo — belief in one God
• Punjabi: ਅਦਵੈਤਵਾਦ (adavaitvād) — belief in one God
• Punjabi: واحدپرستی (vāhidparastī) — belief in one God
• Romanian: monoteism — belief in one God
• Russian: монотеи́зм (monotɛízm) — belief in one God
• Russian: единобо́жие (jedinobóžije) — belief in one God
• Serbo-Croatian: монотеѝзам — belief in one God
• Serbo-Croatian: једно̀боштво — belief in one God
• Serbo-Croatian: monoteìzam — belief in one God
• Serbo-Croatian: jednòboštvo — belief in one God
• Slovak: monoteizmus — belief in one God
• Slovak: jednobožstvo — belief in one God
• Slovene: monoteizem — belief in one God
• Spanish: monoteísmo — belief in one God
• Swedish: monoteism — belief in one God
• Swedish: engudstro — belief in one God
• Thai: เอกเทวนิยม (èek-gà-tee-wá-ní-yom) — belief in one God
• Turkish: tek tanrıcılık — belief in one God
• Turkish: monoteizm — belief in one God
• Ukrainian: монотеї́зм (monotejízm) — belief in one God
• Ukrainian: єдинобо́жжя (jedynobóžžja) — belief in one God
• Urdu: توحید (tauhīd) — belief in one God
• Urdu: واحدانیت (vāhdāniyat) — belief in one God
• Uyghur: بىر خۇدالىق دىن (bir xudaliq din) — belief in one God