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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

Yet closer inspection of the biblical stories reveals a much more complicated and gradual process toward monotheism.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Their monotheism remained always an object of speculation more or less esoteric.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier


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