physicalism

English

Etymology

physical +‎ -ism

Noun

physicalism (countable and uncountable, plural physicalisms)

(philosophy) 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.

Synonyms

(philosophy): materialism
(philosophy): philosophical materialism

Antonyms

(philosophy): idealism

Hypernyms

(philosophy): monism
(philosophy): realism

See also

(philosophy): dualism

Translations

philosophical position

Finnish: fysikalismi

Galician: fisicalismo (gl) m

See also

idealism

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