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Definition of "monotheism" []

  • The doctrine or belief that there is only one God. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "monotheism" in a sentence
  • "For all that the tradition of argument within monotheism is a long and noble one, for all that the emphasis on wisdom, justice and mercy is there, I think this lynchpin of monotheism -- this idea of a supreme moral authority, a God who makes the law, who owns the law, whose law is defined in terms of sin, dictated to us through scripture, and derived from faith -- this is the keystone of that rival tradition, I think."
  • "Religious zealots associated with monotheism is the scourge that should be eliminated. arc, Lugano CH"
  • "Your monotheism is solely ethnocentrism and your insistance on closing your mind to the infinate realm of possibilities that truely exist."