How to Use monotheistic in a Sentence

monotheistic

adjective

• Here’s a look at Judaism, the monotheistic (belief in one God) religion of the Jewish people.
  — CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
• Muslims believe that Abraham, as instructed by God, built the first house of worship for God to be worshiped in a monotheistic way.
  — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2023
• Each is a monotheistic religion that traces its origins back to Abraham.
  — John Blake, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
• The great monotheistic religions, meanwhile, have looked to history to teach awe of God’s power and to reveal the unfolding of His plans for humanity.
  — David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023
• One of the points of continuing to revere the ancient gods in a censorious, monotheistic age was to permit people to see (and write poems about) what was otherwise forbidden.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
• All three of the world’s major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – trace their origin to Abraham in their sacred texts.
  — Janet Yarlott Horton, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2021
• Valdemar was typical of the pagan Eastern European rulers of his day, considering multiple monotheistic options before choosing the one that made the most strategic sense.
  — Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022
• Founded in the 15th century in the Punjab region of India, Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that emphasizes equality among people and a commitment to social service.
  — Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2021
• Everyone agrees about Tut’s father—Akhenaten, who imposed a monotheistic religion on Egypt, a land whose people had worshiped multiple deities.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• Challenger, a British writer on environmental issues, notes that this belief is not confined to monotheistic religions.
  — John Gray, The New York Review of Books, 22 Mar. 2018
• Biblical texts also paint an image of Judeans in this long era turning inward, focusing on their temple cult that revolved around a monotheistic deity and embracing strict dietary rules, as well as taboos on animal and human images.
  — Andrew Lawler, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
• The answer, according to the major monotheistic religions, including the Catholic faith in which I was raised, is that an all-powerful, supernatural entity created us.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2021
• Judaism, Christianity and also Islam all are monotheistic, have similar roots and belong to the family of Abrahamic religions.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2021
• Rome has sheltered polytheistic pagans and monotheistic Jews, adherents of Middle Eastern cults, and, in more recent times, a sizable multinational Muslim community.
  — David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• According to the major monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—humans have a special nature and destiny, different from and superior to those of other animals.
  — John Gray, The New York Review of Books, 22 Mar. 2018
• These vampires described themselves as atheistic, monotheistic or polytheistic.
  — John Edgar Browning, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
• Tightly coupled to how western monotheistic religion viewed our relationships with alcohol, individuals who excessively engaged in drinking were expected to be punished for their irresponsible behavior.
  — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2022

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024