单词 | physiologizing |
释义 | physiologizingn. rare (chiefly Psychology in later use). The action of physiologize v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > [noun] > explaining in accordance with physiologizing1669 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > explanation solution of a phenomenon1625 physiologizing1669 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. i. 17 Al which Poetic Physiologisings were but corrupt imitations of..Moses's description of the Creation. 1907 I. W. Riley Amer. Philos. iv. vii. 461 Lest it should appear too excessive in its materialism, too much in the nature of a physiologising of things spiritual, Ewell hastens to give it a teleological finish. 1959 B. F. Skinner Cumulative Record v. 232 The appeal to what we may call naive physiologizing..is made in an attempt to explain behavior by shifting to a different level of observation. 1995 D. T. Lykken Antisocial Personalities x. 156 One of the few examples of such physiologizing that has seemed to me to be productive is Fowles' elaboration of the neurobehavioral motivation theory propounded by [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669 |
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