monadism (monadizm)

[F. monad is me = Sp. monadismo; as monad + -ism.] 1. A philosophical system which accepts, in some form, the theory of monads; also, a theory of monads. Not unfrequently he [Leibnitz) introduces his theory of monadism by the argument that there must be simple substances since there are composite things, for the composite is only an aggregate of simple units. E. Caird, Philos. of Kant, p. 86. 2. The application of the conception of the monad to the solution of the problems of chemistry and physics; atomism. Of the different forms of the atomic theory, that of Boscovich may be taken as an example of the purest monadism. Encyc. Brit., III. 37.