PHYSICALISM


Meaning of PHYSICALISM in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' fi-zi-k ə - ˌ li-z ə m

Function: noun

Date: 1931

: a thesis that the descriptive terms of scientific language are reducible to terms which refer to spatiotemporal things or events or to their properties

– phys · i · cal · ist \ -list \ noun or adjective

– phys · i · cal · is · tic \ ˌ fi-zi-k ə - ' lis-tik \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.