How to Use monotheistic in a Sentence
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Here’s a look at Judaism, the monotheistic (belief in one God) religion of the Jewish people.
—CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
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Each is a monotheistic religion that traces its origins back to Abraham.
—John Blake, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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These vampires described themselves as atheistic, monotheistic or polytheistic.
—John Edgar Browning, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
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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
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