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physicism

noun

Etymology

From physic + -ism.

  1. derived from *bʰuH-✻
  2. derived from φῠσῐκός
  3. derived from physicus
  4. inherited from phisik
  5. suffixed as physicism — “physic + ism”

Definitions

  1. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena

    The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.

    • Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science.

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