Meanings
plural physicalisms
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA 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.
Synonyms: materialism, philosophical materialism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
antonym(s) of “philosophy”
More synonyms by meaning
noun(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 物理主義 /物理主义
- 物理主義 /物理主义 (wùlǐ zhǔyì)a philosophical position
Finnish fysikalismi
- fysikalismia philosophical position
Greek φυσισμός
- φυσισμός (fysismós)a philosophical position
Italian fisicismo
- fisicismoa philosophical position
Japanese 物理主義
- 物理主義a philosophical position
Polish fizykalizm
- fizykalizma philosophical position
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physicalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physicalism
“physicalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physicalism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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