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单词 monotheism
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Definition of monotheism in English:

monotheism

noun ˈmɒnə(ʊ)ˌθiːɪz(ə)mˈmɑnoʊˌθiɪzəm
mass noun
  • The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

    一神教;一神论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The monotheism of the Jews, and of the Christianity that developed from Jewish origins, was central to the moral identity of the West.
    • All of this flows, according to Stark, directly from the inherent logic of monotheism.
    • You're talking about monotheism as if its synonomous with fundamentalism and religious intolerance, which strikes me as a bit of a straw man argument.
    • Does your masonry promote multitheism or does it promote monotheism?
    • This is not simply a clichéd clash between Islamic monotheism and Hindu polytheism as is made out in standard accounts on the subject.
    • In a contest with polytheism, monotheism is likely to prevail, and one who comes to hold that many natural phenomena were created intentionally probably will come to believe in God.
    • He wrote in favour of monotheism, belief in one God rather than many, using selected Hindu scriptures and Christian Unitarianism to support his case.
    • We brought monotheism to a pagan world, and guaranteed women's rights in marriage.
    • The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
    • This monotheism, this religion of the one, of course has universal appeal.
    • Once the option for religion has been made, the only serious alternatives are pantheism and monotheism.
    • Unlike most religions, it requires no one belief regarding the nature of God: it embraces polytheism, monotheism, and monism.
    • The Indo-Iranian Kurds have their own language, script, and religion, Ezidism, which may be the world's oldest monotheism.
    • Paul's monotheism, which included the view that God controlled everything that happened, was braver than that.
    • The unequivocal monotheism of Islam served to unite all.
    • But what's different about this human depiction of God, this notion of monotheism, is that it transfers real material scarcity to divinity.
    • Pantheism can no more account for any decadence than monotheism.
    • Late antique Neoplatonism was essentially monotheism; Wicca is essentially duotheism.
    • The liberals also commonly assert that monotheism is a late evolutionary religious development.
    • Plenty of evidence indicates that in Paul's day Judaism with its monotheism and high ethical standards was an attractive religion to many non-Jews.

Derivatives

  • monotheist

  • noun & adjective ˈmɒnə(ʊ)θiːɪst
    • One of the most poignant stories of the Torah tells us about Abraham, the first monotheist, and his relationship with God.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Moderns have imagined him a monotheist, but he seems rather to have preached a harmonious polytheism, without conflict among the gods.
      • All that they require, by the way, is a belief in a Supreme Being - a monotheist god or absolute reality.
      • As staunch monotheists, for example, they saw the entire universe as the seamless work of God.
      • These two views are the result of the shift toward the monotheist belief that Aten is the sole god in the cosmos.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from mono- 'one' + Greek theos 'god' + -ism.

Definition of monotheism in US English:

monotheism

nounˈmɑnoʊˌθiɪzəmˈmänōˌTHēizəm
  • The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.

    一神教;一神论

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Indo-Iranian Kurds have their own language, script, and religion, Ezidism, which may be the world's oldest monotheism.
    • Plenty of evidence indicates that in Paul's day Judaism with its monotheism and high ethical standards was an attractive religion to many non-Jews.
    • The unequivocal monotheism of Islam served to unite all.
    • All of this flows, according to Stark, directly from the inherent logic of monotheism.
    • Once the option for religion has been made, the only serious alternatives are pantheism and monotheism.
    • Unlike most religions, it requires no one belief regarding the nature of God: it embraces polytheism, monotheism, and monism.
    • Pantheism can no more account for any decadence than monotheism.
    • This monotheism, this religion of the one, of course has universal appeal.
    • But what's different about this human depiction of God, this notion of monotheism, is that it transfers real material scarcity to divinity.
    • The liberals also commonly assert that monotheism is a late evolutionary religious development.
    • You're talking about monotheism as if its synonomous with fundamentalism and religious intolerance, which strikes me as a bit of a straw man argument.
    • Paul's monotheism, which included the view that God controlled everything that happened, was braver than that.
    • He wrote in favour of monotheism, belief in one God rather than many, using selected Hindu scriptures and Christian Unitarianism to support his case.
    • The monotheism of the Jews, and of the Christianity that developed from Jewish origins, was central to the moral identity of the West.
    • This is not simply a clichéd clash between Islamic monotheism and Hindu polytheism as is made out in standard accounts on the subject.
    • Late antique Neoplatonism was essentially monotheism; Wicca is essentially duotheism.
    • The ideological clash between monotheism and polytheism furnishes the world with one of its first examples of asymmetrical warfare.
    • We brought monotheism to a pagan world, and guaranteed women's rights in marriage.
    • Does your masonry promote multitheism or does it promote monotheism?
    • In a contest with polytheism, monotheism is likely to prevail, and one who comes to hold that many natural phenomena were created intentionally probably will come to believe in God.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from mono- ‘one’ + Greek theos ‘god’ + -ism.

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