physicalism

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physicalism

noun physicalisms

countable, uncountable 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.
Similar: materialism, philosophical materialism

Opposite: idealism

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noun

Opposite: idealism

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noun a philosophical position

日本語	物理主義
中文	物理主義 /物理主义 wùlǐ zhǔyì
Italiano	fisicismo
Ελληνικά	φυσισμός fysismós

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@misc{physicalism_2026,
  title = {physicalism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/physicalism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}