monism
English
editEtymology
editThe 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.
Noun
editmonism (countable and uncountable, plural monisms)
- (philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
- Synonym: one-thingism
- (historical, politics) The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
- 1964, Karl F. Morrison, Two Kingdoms: Ecclesiology in Carolingian Political Thought, Princeton University Press, page 4:
- 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.
- (international law) The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.
Related terms
editTranslations
editdoctrine of the oneness and unity of reality
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editRomanian
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editNoun
editmonism n (uncountable)
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | monism | monismul |
genitive-dative | monism | monismului |
vocative | monismule |
Swedish
editNoun
editmonism c
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | monism | monisms |
definite | monismen | monismens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
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