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 parts2: monogenesis3: 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