English Dictionary

monism

noun

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

Monism is a philosophical concept that states that all things in the universe are ultimately of one substance or essence.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(historical, politics) The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa.

The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century.