Main Entry: mo·nism

Pronunciation: \ˈmō-ˌni-zəm, ˈmä-\

Function: noun

Etymology: German Monismus, from mon- + -ismus -ism

Date: 1862

1 a : a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance b : the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts
2 : monogenesis
3 : a viewpoint or theory that reduces all phenomena to one principle

— mo·nist \ˈmō-nist, ˈmä-\ noun

— mo·nis·tic \mō-ˈnis-tik, mä-\ adjective