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monist

monist

8.9
Relating to the view that everything is made of one basic thing
  • adjective
  • /ˈmoʊnɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : monista
  • The philosopher presented a monist argument that everything in the universe is interconnected.

And he says the intelligence is monist or pantheist, the will monotheist or egoist.

Examples

  • Her monist perspective led her to see mind and matter as two aspects of the same reality.

  • A monist approach to ethics suggests that all moral values stem from a single principle.

  • The philosopher's theories are deeply monist in nature.

  • Many ancient cultures held monist beliefs about the universe.

  • The philosopher presented a monist argument that everything in the universe is interconnected.

  • Her monist perspective led her to see mind and matter as two aspects of the same reality.

  • A monist approach to ethics suggests that all moral values stem from a single principle.

Synonyms

monistic
vsmonist
  • Specialized
9.9

Seeing the world as made of only one kind of thing

relates to or supports belief that everything is one substance

Surface Forms

monist positive

Morphology

monist = monism (transparent) = mon + ist

The adjective is a straightforward relational form built from the same monism-based stem with the suffix '-ist'.

Etymology

Monist (adjective) comes from the same Greek part mono- 'one' and describes a view or idea that all things are fundamentally one. So a monist approach means seeing mind and body, or all parts of the world, as different aspects of a single principle.