Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In philosophy, positing or supposing a single essential element.

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  • adjective Pertaining to or based on a single basic idea or principle.
  • adjective Describing a classification that is defined by the presence of all of a set of attributes

Etymologies

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From mono- + -thetic.

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