monistic
- adjective
- /məˈnɪstɪk/
- Specialized
- In a monistic worldview, everything is interconnected as manifestations of one ultimate reality.
- monistic schemata
- monistic view
- monistic state
Examples
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Thus, naturalism is entirely monistic in its interpretation of spiritual experience: there is one world and one way of knowing it.
Academic text (2002) -
In contrast to Whitehead's pluralistic panentheism, Steiner's view seems to be monistic and thereby pantheistic.
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Now if we go to this monistic perspective, the main problem in monism is how how one comes from the other.
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Examples of how teachers' monistic cultural schemata result in negative outcomes are presented.
Academic text (2011) -
Despite its dominance, numerous critiques have been directed at the monistic application of the economic production metaphor.
Academic text (2013) -
In this light, both monistic and deliberative approaches to metaphor use have their advantages and disadvantages.
Academic text (2013) -
The philosopher argued that reality is fundamentally monistic, composed of a single substance that connects all things.
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The debate on whether the mind and body are separate or monistic remains a critical topic in philosophy.
Synonyms
Relating to the view that everything is made of one basic thing
Surface Forms
Morphology
monistic = monist (semi-transparent) = mon + ist + ic
The adjective is built in a standard way from the noun 'monist' with the suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
The word monistic comes from the root mono- which means 'one', as in monarch ('one ruler') or monopoly ('one seller'). So monistic describes the idea that reality is ultimately from a single substance or principle, a single source behind everything.