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Monism

Mon′ism

(mŏn′ĭz’m or mō′nĭz’m)
,
Noun.
[From Gr.
μόνοσ
single.]
1.
(Metaph.)
That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; – the opposite of
dualism
.
☞ The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect.
2.
(Biol.)
See
Monogenesis
, 1.

Definition 2024


monism

monism

English

Noun

monism (countable and uncountable, plural monisms)

  1. (philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French monisme.

Noun

monism n (uncountable)

  1. monism

Declension


Swedish

Noun

monism c

  1. monism

Declension