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Monism
Pronunciation : Mon"ism
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Gr.
Definition : 1. (Metaph.)
Defn: That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.
Note: 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. (Biol.)
Defn: See Monogenesis, 1.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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