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monotheism

[mon-uh-thee-iz-uhm] / ˈmɒn ə θiˌɪz əm /
NOUN
belief in one God
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belief in God theism
STRONG
deism nomotheism theomonism trinitarianism unitarianism
WEAK
monism monolatry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ditheism henotheism omnitheism polytheism tritheism
WEAK
animism neopaganism paganism pantheism


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What is really the world’s oldest profession has devolved from pitching ethical monotheism to getting free merch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Stasevska was born in 1984, the same year that Glass’ hypnotic, ritualistic opera, about an Egyptian pharaoh who dared to push monotheism onto his polytheistic culture, debuted in Stuttgart, Germany.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

Muslims do not worship the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure covered in a black, gold-embroidered cloth, but view it as their most sacred place and a powerful symbol of unity and monotheism.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023

The decision by the Himyarite rulers to convert to Judaism in the late fourth century CE made monotheism more prominent in the region.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Secondly: The name of Moses is unknown to the prophets, his ostensible successors, a circumstance which would remain inexplicable if Moses had indeed been the founder of monotheism.

From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler


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