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physicalism
noun phys·i·cal·ism \ˈfi-zi-kə-ˌli-zəm\
Definition of PHYSICALISM
: a thesis that the descriptive terms of scientific language are reducible to terms which refer to spatiotemporal things or events or to their properties
— phys·i·cal·ist \-list\ noun or adjective
— phys·i·cal·is·tic \ˌfi-zi-kə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective
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First Known Use of PHYSICALISM
1931
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