transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmō-ˌni-zəm, ˈmä- ]
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 ˈmō-nist, ˈmä- noun
• mo·nis·tic mō-ˈnis-tik, mä- adjective