MONISM


Meaning of MONISM in English

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

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