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mo·nism  (mnzm, mnzm)

n. Philosophy

1. The view in metaphysics that reality is a unified whole and that all existing things can be ascribed to or described by a single concept or system.

2. The doctrine that mind and matter are formed from, or reducible to, the same ultimate substance or principle of being.

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monist n.

mo·nistic (m-nstk, m-) adj.

mo·nisti·cal·ly adv.

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monism

Noun

Philosophy the doctrine that reality consists of only one basic substance or element, such as mind or matter [Greek monos sole]

monist nadj

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monism

1. Metaphysics. a theory that only one basic substance or principle exists as the ground of reality. Cf. dualism, pluralism.
2. Metaphysics. a theory that reality consists of a single element. Cf. pluralism.
3. Epistemology. a theory that the object and the sense datum of cognition are identical. — monist, n. — monistic, monistical, adj.

See also: Philosophy

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Epistemology. a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical.

See also: Knowledge

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Metaphysics. any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle that is the ground of reality. — monist, n. — monistic, monistical, adj.

See also: Matter

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the theory that there is only one causal factor in history, as intellect or nature. — monist, n. — monistic, adj.

See also: History

Thesaurus

Noun

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monism - the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school pluralism - the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements