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单词 monotheistic
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monotheisticadj.

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnəθiˈɪstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, theistic adj.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + theistic adj., after monotheism n., monotheist n. Compare French monothéistique (1874). Compare earlier monotheistical adj., monotheist adj., and also atheistic adj., ditheistic adj., polytheistic adj., tritheistic adj. at tritheist n. Derivatives.
Of, relating to, or characterized by monotheism; having the beliefs of a monotheist. Of a god: regarded as unique.
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1835 Southern Literary Messenger 1 621/2 It is same unity of design..which so powerfully supports the monotheistic religion of the christian.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. v. 58 The monotheistic religion of the Jews.
1871 C. Hodge Systematic Theol. I. i. iii. 243 There are monotheistic hymns in the Vedas.
1900 A. H. Sayce Babylonians & Assyrians xi. 262 A monotheistic school actually existed in one of the literary circles of Babylonia.
1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. iv. 107 The image of the Lord of Hosts would have been deformed out of all suggestion of a monotheistic maker and..would have become an idol far worse than any savage fetish.
1965 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Theories Primitive Relig. iii. 50 Peoples lacking..a political model for a supreme being, the hunters and collectors, are to a large extent monotheistic.
1990 L. J. Archer et al. SPCK (BNC) 100 A monotheistic God is a God who insists on being ‘over against’ and separate from creation and from the gods of other nations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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