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monotheistic /mɒnə(ʊ)ˌθiːˈɪstɪk /adjectiveRelating to or characterized by the belief that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion Western monotheistic traditions...- It was first thought that the Olmecs were monotheistic, but it is now known that they were polytheists.
- 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.
- The final development in Indian religious thinking, in a time just before Buddhism, was that of monotheistic belief.
Derivativesmonotheistically /-ˈɪstɪk(ə)li/ adverb ...- Wallace saw Chinese religion as monotheistically organized around the figure of Confucius.
- By being many, these Goddesses avoid a monotheistically chauvinistic view of the feminine.
- Man was subject to all the gods, but Zeus reigned supreme over gods and men, although not quite monotheistically.
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