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MONOTHEISM
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I. (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)
