monism

Noun

Meaning

That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

See Monogenesis, 1.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

creed campaign credo separatism philosophy belief mechanism doctrine conviction crusade duality individualism dogma dualism atheism
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Antonyms

pluralism

Hypernyms

ism philosophy doctrine school of thought philosophical system

Related terms

pantheism immanence pandeism panentheism

Anagrams

nomism omnism simmon

Examples

Pluralism lets things really exist in the each-form or distributively. Monism thinks that the all-form or collective-unit form is the only form that is rational. William James

The old dualistic notion of mind and matter, so prominent in Cartesianism, as two radically different kinds of substance, will hardly find defenders to-day. Rejecting this, we are driven to some form of hylopathy, otherwise called monism. Charles Sanders Peirce

According to Stephen Stich and Ted Warfield, neutral monism has not been a popular view in philosophy as it is difficult to develop or understand the nature of the neutral elements. Source: Internet

Another distinction is the difference between substance and existence monism, or stuff monism and thing monism. Source: Internet

By "soul" Seventh-day Adventists theologians mean the physical person (monism), and that no component of human nature survives death, therefore each human will be "recreated" at resurrection. Source: Internet

For the date of this Upanishad see also Helmuth von Glasenapp, from the 1950 Proceedings of the "Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur" citation Katha Upanishad integrates the monism of early Upanishads with concepts of samkhya and yoga. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

monish monisher monishment monisotopic monist Monistat