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单词 monotheistic
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Definition of monotheistic in English:

monotheistic

adjective mɒnə(ʊ)ˌθiːˈɪstɪkˌmɑnəθiˈɪstɪk
  • Relating to or characterized by the belief that there is only one God.

    a monotheistic religion
    Western monotheistic traditions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A truly monotheistic system requires us to recognize the world as it is, and recognize our power of choice in this world.
    • Alone among the great monotheistic faiths, Catholicism is a lover rather than a breaker of icons.
    • It was first thought that the Olmecs were monotheistic, but it is now known that they were polytheists.
    • From ancient times to the present, various forms of monotheistic faith have repeatedly unleashed tremendous energies for both good and ill.
    • This monotheistic Native American religion was strongly based on a Christian model, with some ancestral ceremonies included.
    • The great museums of the world bear witness to the extensive impact of monotheistic spirituality upon human civilization.
    • They stressed that their religion was monotheistic and that it possessed the formal features of established religions: a dogma, a distinct ritual, a priestly hierarchy.
    • Islam by contrast did present such an immediate monotheistic God who superintended all human endeavors.
    • The Bible teaches that mankind was originally monotheistic.
    • The final development in Indian religious thinking, in a time just before Buddhism, was that of monotheistic belief.

Derivatives

  • monotheistically

  • adverb -ˈɪstɪk(ə)li
    • Man was subject to all the gods, but Zeus reigned supreme over gods and men, although not quite monotheistically.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By being many, these Goddesses avoid a monotheistically chauvinistic view of the feminine.
      • Within a piece of relatively popular literature, an author could speak of supernatural causes both monotheistically and polytheistically.
      • Aten was the god of the solar disk who was monotheistically worshipped by Akhenaten, a religious theory which only lasted for one reign.
      • Wallace saw Chinese religion as monotheistically organized around the figure of Confucius.

Definition of monotheistic in US English:

monotheistic

adjectiveˌmänəTHēˈistikˌmɑnəθiˈɪstɪk
  • Relating to or characterized by the belief that there is only one God.

    a monotheistic religion
    Western monotheistic traditions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This monotheistic Native American religion was strongly based on a Christian model, with some ancestral ceremonies included.
    • Islam by contrast did present such an immediate monotheistic God who superintended all human endeavors.
    • Alone among the great monotheistic faiths, Catholicism is a lover rather than a breaker of icons.
    • They stressed that their religion was monotheistic and that it possessed the formal features of established religions: a dogma, a distinct ritual, a priestly hierarchy.
    • A truly monotheistic system requires us to recognize the world as it is, and recognize our power of choice in this world.
    • The great museums of the world bear witness to the extensive impact of monotheistic spirituality upon human civilization.
    • The final development in Indian religious thinking, in a time just before Buddhism, was that of monotheistic belief.
    • The Bible teaches that mankind was originally monotheistic.
    • It was first thought that the Olmecs were monotheistic, but it is now known that they were polytheists.
    • From ancient times to the present, various forms of monotheistic faith have repeatedly unleashed tremendous energies for both good and ill.
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