monodynamism

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noun

The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force, be it God, or life, or something else.

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Meanings

nounmonodynamism (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablehuman sciencesThe theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force, be it God, or life, or something else.

    Side by side with this tentative and growing monotheism there is a bold and unhesitating monodynamism, the efforts of all the early thinkers being to reduce all the powers of nature to one principle

    1867, George Henry Lewes, The History of Philosophy from Thales to Comte, volume 1

Origin

From mono- + dynamism.

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