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substantivalism

noun

Etymology

From substantival + -ism.

  1. derived from substantif
  2. inherited from substantif
  3. suffixed as substantival — “substantive + al”
  4. suffixed as substantivalism — “substantival + ism”

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that space and time have an existence independent of physical things.

    • In it, Clarke defends on behalf of Newton a form of substantivalism according to which (absolute) space exists independently of matter and is as real as matter.

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