n.
Pronunciation: ' m ō - ˌ ni-z ə m, ' mä-
Function: noun
Etymology: German Monismus, from mon- + -ismus -ism
Date: 1862
1 a : a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance b : the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts
2 : MONOGENESIS
3 : a viewpoint or theory that reduces all phenomena to one principle
– mo · nist \ ' m ō -nist, ' mä- \ noun
– mo · nis · tic \ m ō - ' nis-tik, mä- \ adjective