monotheism

[ mon-uh-thee-iz-uh m ]

/ ˈmɒn ə θiˌɪz əm /

the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

Origin of monotheism

First recorded in 1650–60; mono- + (poly)theism

mon·o·the·ist, noun, adjective mon·o·the·is·tic, mon·o·the·is·ti·cal, adjective

The monotheism which we find in Greece and India generally took this form.

The Religious Sentiment |Daniel G. Brinton
The question between polytheism and monotheism, which has loomed so large to some minds, never troubled him.

Euripedes and His Age |Gilbert Murray
The soaring sublimity of the Moslem monotheism comes partly from its narrowness and abstractness.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 |Various
The development of monotheism gave the problem a sharper point and a deeper meaning.

Determinism or Free-Will? |Chapman Cohen

That is, of course, with the proviso that your literary worship is not a monotheism.

Platform Monologues |T. G. Tucker

monotheism

/ (ˈmɒnəʊθɪˌɪzəm) /

the belief or doctrine that there is only one God

monotheist, noun, adjective monotheistic, adjective monotheistically, adverb

monotheism

A belief in one god. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic religions. (Compare polytheism.)