monism
Meanings
noun
- The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
- The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
- The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.
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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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