monadisticadj.
/mɒnəˈdɪstɪk/, /məʊnəˈdɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌmoʊnəˈdɪstɪk/ 1. Philosophy. Of or relating to monadism.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [adjective] > of branches of > of Leibniz or his doctrines
Leibnizian1765
monadic1843
monadical1875
monadological1879
monadistic1883
1883 Mind 8 168 Between monistic or monadistic theories of the Universe, whether idealistic or realistic.
1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. iv. xxvi. 221 Given, say, the proposition aRb, where R is some relation, the monadistic view will analyse this into two propositions..ar1 and br2.
1917 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God ix. 179 On this monadistic theory, the organic vesture of the spirit and its environmental conditions are both resolved into innumerable quasi-spiritual centres.
1937 Mind 46 275 He rejects a pantheist version of the Absolute in favour of a monadistic one.
1941 D. H. Parker Experience & Substance xvii. 348 The merits of a monadistic as opposed to a holistic interpretation of the ‘wisdom of the body’.
1972 Nous 6 150 It is customary to try to give a monadistic view of sameness by applying the principle of indiscernibility of identicals to it.
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1891 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Monadistic, relating to a Monad in Hüter's sense [i.e. a Micrococcus].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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