monism

English

Etymology

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”).

Noun

monism (countable and uncountable, plural monisms)

(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.

Translations

doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一元論 (zh), 一元论 (zh) (yīyuánlùn)
Czech: monismus m
Finnish: monismi
French: monisme (fr) m
German: Monismus (de) m
Italian: monismo m
Japanese: 一元論 (いちげんろん, ichigenron)
Occitan: monisme m

Polish: monizm m
Portuguese: monismo (pt) m
Romanian: monism (ro)
Russian: мони́зм (ru) m (monízm)
Serbo-Croatian: monizam (sh) m
Spanish: monismo m
Swedish: monism (sv)
Yiddish: מאָניזם‎‎ m (monizm)

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Momins, Nimmos, nomism, omnism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monisme.

Noun

monism n (uncountable)

monism

Declension

declension of monism (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) monism	monismul
genitive/dative	(unui) monism	monismului
vocative	monismule

Swedish

Noun

monism c

monism

Declension

Declension of monism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	monism	monismen	—	—
Genitive	monisms	monismens	—	—

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