Definition of "monistic" [mo•nis•tic]

• Of or pertaining to monism; characterized by one single principle, being or force. (adjective)

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• "It means that in the whole of philosophy that tendency which we call monistic, in opposition to the dualistic, which has hitherto prevailed, must be accepted."
• "Yet in the works of these very philosophers who are inclined to a mechanical and "monistic" view of the world, we find that they directly avoid the question as to the origin of self-consciousness and of moral self-determination."
• "His "monistic" view, however, that various deities were regarded as manifestations of the supreme deity is not tenable."