单词 | monistical |
释义 | monistical in British English (məˈnɪstɪkəl) adjective another word for monistic monism in British English (ˈmɒnɪzəm) noun 1. philosophy the doctrine that the person consists of only a single substance, or that there is no crucial difference between mental and physical events or properties Compare dualism (sense 2), See also materialism (sense 2), idealism (sense 3)2. philosophy the doctrine that reality consists of an unchanging whole in which change is mere illusion Compare pluralism (sense 5) 3. the epistemological theory that the object and datum of consciousness are identical 4. the attempt to explain anything in terms of one principle only Derived forms monist (ˈmonist) noun, adjective monistic (moˈnistic) or monistical (moˈnistical) adjective monistically (moˈnistically) adverb Word origin C19: from Greek monos single + -ism |
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