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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of the monists; in accordance with monistic philosophy.

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Examples

  • He could have avoided the problem by simply admitting that the term freedom should be reserved ( "monistically") for social relations (as he implicitly does when he affirms that Germany in 1939 was "not a free country") and used terms such as "wealth,"

    Cato Unbound Tom G. Palmer 2010

  • But this is hardly thematic for the pluralist, as now she would be treating these intermediate structures monistically, as prior to their parts.

    Monism Schaffer, Jonathan 2007

  • He is also homogenized, pursuing material interests "monistically."

    Liberal Internatinalism: Peace, War and Democracy 2004

  • Tho Jains do not appear to have been any more monistically or pantheistically inclined than the Buddhists, hence possibly her lack of ready reply.

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • Read thus, humanism is for me a religion susceptible of reasoned defence, tho I am well aware how many minds there are to whom it can appeal religiously only when it has been monistically translated.

    Meaning of Truth William James 1876

  • Thus does foreignness get banished from our world, and far more so when we take the system of it pluralistically than when we take it monistically.

    A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy William James 1876

  • Is then this you of yous, this absolutely real world, this unity that yields the moral inspiration and has the religious value, to be taken monistically or pluralistically?

    Pragmatism William James 1876

  • That's why it's very difficult for the civil community, which is affected by principles, nuances, honest disagreements, to confront the monistically commercial corporations.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2008

  • That's why it's very difficult for the civil community, which is affected by principles, nuances, honest disagreements, to confront the monistically commercial corporations.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2008

  • That's why it's very difficult for the civil community, which is affected by principles, nuances, honest disagreements, to confront the monistically commercial corporations.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2008

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