monism 音标拼音: [m'ɑnɪzəm]
n . 一元论
一元论
monism n 1 :
the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element [
ant : {
pluralism }]
Monism \
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1 . (
Metaph .)
That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent ; --
the opposite of {
dualism }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The doctrine has been held in three generic forms :
matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind ,
involving an idealistic monism ;
or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter ,
giving a materialistic monism ;
or ,
thirdly ,
matter ,
mind ,
and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance ,
like the substance of Spinoza ,
or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists ,
which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Biol .)
See {
Monogenesis },
1 .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self -
inclusive structure .
Monism means that the whole of reality ,
i .
e .,
everything that is ,
constitutes one inseparable and indivisible entirety .
Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world .
It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One and All ,
and not separate existences .
Not only are matter and mind ,
soul and body ,
abstracts ,
but also such scientific terms as atoms and molecules ,
and also religious terms such as God and world . --
Paul Carus .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Monogenesis \
Mon `
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n . [
Mono -
genesis .]
1 .
Oneness of origin ;
esp . (
Biol .),
development of all beings in the universe from a single cell ; --
opposed to {
polygenesis }.
Called also {
monism }. --
Dana . --
Haeckel .
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2 . (
Biol .)
That form of reproduction which requires but one parent ,
as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds ,
etc .,
which drop off and form new individuals ;
asexual reproduction . --
Haeckel .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Biol .)
The direct development of an embryo ,
without metamorphosis ,
into an organism similar to the parent organism ; --
opposed to {
metagenesis }. --
E .
van Beneden .
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1913 Webster ]
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