different between monotheism vs monotheistic

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English

Alternative forms

• mono-theism

Etymology

A learned 17th-century coinage, mono- +? theism, from (????? (monós, “one”)) and (???? (theós, “god, deity”) + -????? (-ismós)) The term parallels the earlier polytheism, atheism (the simplex theism being slightly later).The earliest known use is by Henry More, ca. 1660, in explicit juxtaposition with both atheism and polytheism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?no????i?zm?/

Noun

monotheism (countable and uncountable, plural monotheisms)

1. The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

Derived terms

Translations

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

• neo-Thomism, nomotheism, theomonism

English

Etymology

mono- +? theistic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n?(?)????st?k/, /?m?n?(?)?i???st?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n??i??st?k/

Adjective

monotheistic (not comparable)

1. (religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.

Antonyms

• atheistic
• polytheistic

Related terms

• monotheism
• theistic
• monotheist
• monotheistically

Translations

See also

• theism

Anagrams

• nomotheistic