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A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: materialism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
Narrower terms: dialectical materialism
Etymology tree English physical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English physicalism From physical + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
物理主義 /物理主义
(wùlǐ zhǔyì)
— a philosophical position
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Finnish:
fysikalismi
— a philosophical position
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Galician:
fisicalismo
— a philosophical position
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Greek:
φυσισμός
(fysismós)
— a philosophical position
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Italian:
fisicismo
— a philosophical position
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Kazakh:
физикализм
(fizikalizm)
— a philosophical position
