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physicism|ˈfɪzɪsɪz(ə)m|
[f. physic n. + -ism.]
A doctrine of physical phenomena; esp. one which refers all the phenomena of the universe, including life itself, to physical or material forces; materialism.
1869Huxley Lay Serm., Sci. Aspects Positivism (1877) 163 In the progress of the species from savagery to advanced civilization anthropomorphism grows into theology, and physicism (if I may so call it) developes into Science. 1879Escott England II. 391 Physicism, in its present shape, can scarcely hope to supplant religion. 1880Goldw. Smith in Atlantic Monthly No. 268. 204 A probability..which physicism, in its hour of triumph, will do well to take with it in its car. |