MONOTHEISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monotheism mean? 

• MONOTHEISM (noun)
  The noun MONOTHEISM has 1 sense:

1. belief in a single God

  Familiarity information: MONOTHEISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOTHEISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belief in a single God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("monotheism" is a kind of...):

theism (the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monotheism"):

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)

Antonym:

polytheism (belief in multiple Gods)

Derivation:

monotheist (a believer in one god)

monotheistic (believing that there is only one god)