monadismn.
/ˈmɒnədɪz(ə)m/, /ˈməʊnədɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌnæˌdɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly Philosophy.
The theory of the monadic nature of matter or of substance generally; the philosophical doctrine of monads (monad n. 2b), esp. as formulated by Leibniz.
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the world > life > biology > theories > [noun] > of origin or development of life
epigenesis1653
intelligent design1816
vitalism1822
ovarism1857
panspermy1857
creationism1860
monadism1860
nomogeny1868
thaumatogeny1868
biogenesis1870
panspermism1870
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > monism > monadism
monadology1732
monadism1860
individualism1869
Leibnizianism1874
1860 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 299 He defined the Finality of the Senses,..to the extremest, finest point of Intellectual Monadism, or Nomadism.
1875 J. C. Maxwell in Encycl. Brit. III. 37/2 Of the different forms of the atomic theory, that of Boscovich may be taken as an example of the purest monadism.
1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in Renaissance in Italy (1898) VII. ix. 78 [Bruno] supplied..Leibnitz with his theory of monadism.
1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. i. iv. 43 The subject is important, since the issues between monism and monadism, between idealism and empiricism..all depend, in whole or in part, upon the theory we adopt in regard to the present question.
1954 Ess. in Crit. 4 235 But MacNeice has tried mentalism and so raged against it..that he nearly knocked his brains out with rhyme. Therefore we must settle for monadism.
1993 Philos. Q. 43 409 Leibniz' ultimate ontological commitment to non-spatial, non-material monadism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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