monism

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmɒnɪzəm/
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/ˈmɒnɪzəm/ · /ˈmɑnɪzəm/

Definition of monism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
  2. (countable, historical, uncountable)The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
    “The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.

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Etymology

The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). By surface analysis, mon- + -ism.

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