monism

English

Etymology

The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin monismus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Noun

monism (countable and uncountable, plural monisms)

1. (philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.

Translations

doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一元論／一元论 (zh) (yīyuánlùn), 一元论 (zh) (yīyuánlùn)

• Czech: monismus m
• Finnish: monismi
• French: monisme (fr) m
• German: Monismus (de) m
• Italian: monismo (it) m
• Japanese: 一元論 (いちげんろん, ichigenron)
• Occitan: monisme m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: monizm m
• Portuguese: monismo (pt) m
• Romanian: monism (ro)
• Russian: мони́зм (ru) m (monízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: monizam (sh) m
• Spanish: monismo m
• Swedish: monism (sv)
• Yiddish: מאָניזם m (monizm)

Related terms

• immanence
• pandeism
• pantheism
• panentheism

See also

• dualism
• pluralism

Anagrams

• Momins, Nimmos, nomism, omnism

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monisme.

Noun

monism n (uncountable)

1. monism

Declension

declension of monism (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) monism	monismul
genitive/dative	(unui) monism	monismului
vocative	monismule

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Swedish

Noun

monism c

1. monism

Declension

Declension of monism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	monism	monismen	—	—
Genitive	monisms	monismens	—	—