extrinsicismn.
/ɛkˈstrɪnsɪsɪz(ə)m/ A state or embodiment of extrinsicality.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [noun]
outwardness1580
externality1673
outness1694
extraneity1849
extrinsicality1852
extraneousness1881
extrinsicism1934
1934 Downside Rev. 52 189 To defend the traditional conception of theological science against the accusations of ‘extrinsecism’ and ‘theologism’.
1935 O. F. Clarke tr. N. A. Berdyaev Freedom & Spirit i. 29 The empirical personality..finds itself condemned to a divided existence. Thus spirit is always in such circumstances an ‘extrinsicism’.
1967 C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. iv. 210 The modern historical approach to truth can best be seen in contrast to its opposite extreme. This is extrinsicism.
Derivatives
exˈtrinsicist adj.
ΚΠ
1967 C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. iv. 210 The extrinsicist view of truth holds that objective truth..exists already out there, outside history in some unchanging realm.
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