Definition of Monotheistic

1. Adjective. Believing that there is only one god.

Derivative terms: Monotheism
Antonyms: Polytheistic

Definition of Monotheistic

1. a. Of or pertaining to monotheism.

Definition of Monotheistic

1. Adjective. (religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monotheistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotheistic

monotasking
monotectic
monotectoid
monoterpene
monoterpenes
monoterpenoid
monoterpenoids
monothalama
monothalaman
monothalamous
monothalmic
monothecal
monotheism
monotheisms
monotheist
monotheistic (current term)
monotheistical
monotheistically
monotheists
monothematic
monotherapies
monotherapy
monothermia
monothetic
monothioacetal
monothioacetals
monothioglycerol
monothiohemiacetal
monothiohemiacetals
monothiophosphate

Literary usage of Monotheistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edvard Westermarck (1908)
"The same difference in toleration between monotheistic and polytheistic ... A monotheistic religion is not necessarily averse from magic ; its god may be ..."

2. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Nath Bose (1894)
"CHAPTER V. THE BRA HMA SAMA J. Since the Buddhist-Hindu period there have risen from time to time many monotheistic monotheistic ..."

3. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Nath Bose (1894)
"Since the Buddhist-Hindu period there have risen monotheistic ^rom t'me tO time manv monotheistic sects, in pre-Bri- sects amongst the Hindus. ..."

4. The Christian View of God and the World as Centring in the Incarnation by James Orr (1893)
"Volkmar has remarked that of monotheistic religions there Only three are only three in the world—the Israelitish, the Christian, and the Mohammedan; ..."

5. Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland by Robert Flint (1893)
"His celebrated hypothesis attributing to the Semitic race a monotheistic instinct, generated by living in the solitude of the desert, can certainly not be ..."

6. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and by John Muir (1872)
"of transition from polytheistic to monotheistic ideas. Both these two terms, which ultimately came to designate the deity regarded as the creator, ..."

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