Definition of Monism
1. Noun. The doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element.
Definition of Monism
1. n. That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.
2. n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure.
Definition of Monism
1. a philosophical theory [n -S]
Medical Definition of Monism
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1. That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; the opposite of dualism.
The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect.
2. See Monogenesis.
Origin: From Gr. Single.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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