different between henotheism vs theism

English

Etymology

From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ?? (hén) (stem of ??? (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?n????i??z(?)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?no???i?z(?)m/
• Hyphenation: he?no?the?i?sm

Noun

henotheism (countable and uncountable, plural henotheisms)

1. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.

Hypernyms

• theism

Hyponyms

• kathenotheism

Coordinate terms

• monolatrism
• monotheism

Derived terms

• kathenotheism

Related terms

• henosis
• theism

Translations

Further reading

• henotheism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

Coined, theo- +? -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme,, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?z?m/

Noun

theism (countable and uncountable, plural theisms)

1. Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
2. (strictly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.
   • 1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66

     The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• agnosticism
• deism
• divine
• pandeism

References

Etymology 2

Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?z?m/

Noun

theism (uncountable) (pathology)

2. A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea.

Synonyms

• theaism
• theinism

Coordinate terms

• caffeinism

References

Anagrams

• Themis, Thiems, hemist, mithes