acosmism

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noun

A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.

OriginAncient Greek κόσμος (kósmos) ← Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- →
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Meanings

nounacosmism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
  2. uncountableThe determination of the world as mere phenomena to which true reality does not pertain.

    "[Spinoza's] system would have to be designated not an 'atheism' but instead the reverse, an 'acosmism', since according to this philosophy there is actually no world at all in the sense of something positively being."

    1830, GWF Hegel, Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline Part 1: Logic, page 224

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱem-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱens-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kónsmos
  9. Ancient Greekκόσμος (kósmos)
  10. Englishacosmism

From a- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + English -ism.

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Translations

Finnish akosmismi
  • akosmismidenial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God
Polish akosmizm
  • akosmizmdenial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God
Portuguese acosmismo
  • acosmismodenial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God
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APA

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Chicago

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