monisticadj.
/mɒˈnɪstɪk/, /məˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /məˈnɪstɪk/, /moʊˈnɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or of the nature of monism; holding or advocating any of the doctrines or theories of monism.
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unitary?1790
Unitarian1845
monistic1860
monistical1890
monist1916
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monistic1860
1860 Biblical Repertory Apr. 305 The monistic conception of the conscious Ego as an observer who sees some portion only of the phenomena of a great power or substance (mind, God,) of which it is thus only a mode.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 158 Mind, to think out its problems..cannot be monistic.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. x. 367 For us it is an unpardonable logical sin,..to change the terms without warning... For monistic idealism, this is the very enfranchisement of philosophy.
1916 H. J. Laski in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 86 How far is there an interest of the Whole, a monistic interest, which transcends the interests of the Many who compose that whole?
1926 J. C. Smuts Holism & Evol. v. 108 The fundamental concept of Holism will bring us nearer to that unitary or monistic conception of the universe which is the immanent ideal of all scientific and philosophic explanation.
1957 S. Aurobindo in S. Radhakrishnan & C. A. Moore Sourcebk. in Indian Philos. xvi. 586 In the monistic view the individual soul is one with the Supreme.
1971 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. Types in Coll. Wks. VI. viii. 301 Intellectualism is always monistic.
1984 E. Pawel Nightmare of Reason (1988) v. 69 Haeckel..mounted Darwin's theories into the framework of a mechanistic monism that left no room even for Spinoza's monistic deity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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