[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Philosophy.(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element.Compare dualism(def2) dualism(def2), pluralism(def1a) pluralism(def1a).(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical.Compare pluralism(def1b) pluralism(def1b).", "(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element.Compare dualism(def2) dualism(def2), pluralism(def1a) pluralism(def1a).", "(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical.Compare pluralism(def1b) pluralism(def1b).", "the reduction of all processes, structures, concepts, etc., to a single governing principle; the explanation of everything in terms of one principle.", "the conception that there is one causal factor in history; the notion of a single element as primary determinant of behavior, social action, or institutional relations."]}]