monism
/ˈmɑnɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Many socialists were tending towards idealistic monism, regarding the world as an integrated progress of man and nature towards final harmony."
- "The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: monismus, μόνος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑnɪzəm/
- British English: /ˈmɒnɪzəm/