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monopsychism

monopsychism noun: the doctrine that human beings share the same intellect.

Noun

monopsychism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The doctrine that human beings share the same intellect.
    • The first concerns the problem that Latin Averroism presented to Western philosophy in connection with its doctrine that there is only one mind for all human beings—a doctrine that has come to be called monopsychism.2014, Markus Führer, Echoes of Aquinas in Cusanus's Vision of Man, page 115

Origin of monopsychism

From mono- + psyche + -ism.

Questions about monopsychism

What does monopsychism mean?
Monopsychism means the doctrine that human beings share the same intellect.
What part of speech is monopsychism?
Monopsychism is a noun.

Words near monopsychism in the dictionary

  1. monopsonist
  2. monopsonistic
  3. monopsonistically
  4. monopsonists
  5. monopsony
  6. monopsychism
  7. monopsychosis
  8. monoptera
  9. monopteral
  10. monopteroi
  11. monopteron

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