psychism

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noun

The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.

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Meanings

nounpsychism (countable and uncountable, plural psychisms)

plural psychisms

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.

    PSYCHISM […]is the word to denote the doctrine that there is a fluid, diffused throughout all nature[…]

    1858, William Fleming, The Vocabulary of Philosophy

Origin

Compare French psychisme.

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APA

psychism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychism

MLA

“psychism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychism.

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