monism
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- noun
- /ˈmɒnɪzəm/
- Specialized
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monismo
- The doctrine of monism suggests that all of reality is composed of a single fundamental substance.
- rational monism
- neutral monism
- ideological monism
And he goes on and he says this thoroughgoing monism or idealism renders science null.
- And he goes on and he says this thoroughgoing monism or idealism renders science null.
- Yeah, we really do see the distinction here in frameworks between pluralism and monism.
- He says that this thoroughgoing monism or idealism, which we're going to talk about a little bit more later, renders science null.
- And it's what Julie and I think the apostate said, that Christianity has a tendency, monism has a tendency to put control.
- So the fact that you cannot separate the original matter from the deeper reality tells you this is a monism you don't have.
Examples
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Monism also sees a duality in human knowing and experience, but for monism this duality is neither original nor final.
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The distinction is that empiricism and the consequential physical monism are very pragmatic and produce a lot of results.
Blog text (2) -
And in existence monism, the whole has no parts.
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By providing a basis for monism, it provides a basis for refusing dualism.
Academic text (1991) -
Perhaps we should redirect ourselves to the benefits of monism, the most unique and substantive feature of our mission.
Academic text (2006) -
The question of whether monism implies an unobservable buried reality, however, is fascinating.
Blog text (25) -
Ideological monism and democracy, in both thought and practice, are incompatible.
Academic text (2004) -
In The Riddle of the Universe: Popular Studies on Monistic Philosophy, he spoke openly of Monism as a religion.
Academic text (1993) -
Hinduism is closer to monism or even agnosticism, but definitely not the Abrahamic version of monotheism.
Blog text (1) -
The lurch from unsustainable dualism to reductive monism here is one that recurs in later arguments about the nature of narrative.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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A belief that everything is one and not separate
A belief that everything is connected as one reality
A belief that everything is one and separations are not real
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A view that everything is made of energy and all change is energy changing form
Surface Forms
Morphology
monism = mon + ism
The parts 'mon-' (one) and '-ism' (doctrine) are etymologically regular, but 'mon-' is a non-standalone combining form and the term is a specialized philosophical label, so an average B1 learner may not fully derive the meaning from the components.
Etymology
Monism comes from the part mono- meaning 'one' and the part -ism meaning 'belief' or 'system', and you can see mono- in common words like monopoly and monologue. So, monism literally names the belief that reality is ultimately one single kind of thing.