MONISM


Meaning of MONISM in English

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.