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monism

mo·nism

UK/ˈmɒnɪzəm/ US/ˈmɑnɪzəm/ uncommon

noun

1.

the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

Origin

The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). By surface analysis, mon- + -ism.

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