Dictionary

monism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɒnɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmɑnɪzəm/ (General-American)
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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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
   • Many socialists were tending towards idealistic monism, regarding the world as an integrated progress of man and nature towards final harmony. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 124:
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. 1964, Karl F. Morrison, Two Kingdoms: Ecclesiology in Carolingian Political Thought, Princeton University Press, page 4:
3. (countable, qualifier:international law, uncountable) The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.

Forms

Deriveds

theomonism

Relateds

pantheism · pluralism · pandeism · dualism · panentheism · immanence

Synonyms

one-thingism

Translations (26)

ru мони́зм (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · th เอกนิยม (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · pl monizm (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · fa یگانهانگاری (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · ky монизм (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · kk монизм (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · cs monismus (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · vi thuyết nhất nguyên (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · it monismo (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · vi nhất nguyên luận (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · fi monismi (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · ro monism (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · de Monismus (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · uk моні́зм (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · az monizm (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · pt monismo (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · ba монизм (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · sh monizam (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · ja 一元論 (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · sv monism (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · yi מאָניזם (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · cmn 一元論 /一元论 (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · oc monisme (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · fr monisme (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · la monismus (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality) · es monismo (doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality)