- 1. n. That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. Source: opted
- 2. n. See Monogenesis, 1. Source: opted
- 3. n. the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. (Metaph.) 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.) See Monogenesis, 1. Source: webster
- 5. That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimateconstituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element Source: ecdict
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