Word of the Day:
monism
What It Means
The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.
The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession.
Monism in Context
“Many socialists were tending towards idealistic monism, regarding the world as an integrated progress of man and nature towards final harmony.”
Did You Know?
The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). By surface analysis, mon- + -ism.
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