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monovalence

monovalence noun: the state of being univalent.

Noun

monovalence (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state of being univalent.
  2. The view, dating from Parmenides, that whatever exists must always have existed and cannot ever change or cease to exist.
    • The mystical shell of Hegelian dialectics is ontological monovalence, manifest inter alia in the absence of the concept of determinate absence.1998, Margaret Archer, Andrew Collier, Critical Realism: Essential Readings, page xxii
    • Yet, if the critique of Dialectic is to be followed then these positive aspects of Hegel are swallowed up by his monovalence.2003, Justin Cruickshank, Critical Realism: the difference it makes, page 34

Origin of monovalence

From mono- + valence.

Questions about monovalence

What does monovalence mean?
Monovalence means the state of being univalent.
What part of speech is monovalence?
Monovalence is a noun.

Words near monovalence in the dictionary

  1. monovacancies
  2. monovacancy
  3. monovaccine
  4. monovaccines
  5. monoval
  6. monovalence
  7. monovalencies
  8. monovalency
  9. monovalent
  10. monovalently
  11. monovalents

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