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acosmism

acosmism noun: a denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.

Noun

acosmism (uncountable)

  1. A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
  2. The determination of the world as mere phenomena to which true reality does not pertain.
    • "[Spinoza's] system would have to be designated not an 'atheism' but instead the reverse, an 'acosmism', since according to this philosophy there is actually no world at all in the sense of something positively being."1830, GWF Hegel, Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Basic Outline Part 1: Logic, page 224

Origin of acosmism

From a- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + English -ism.

Words formed from acosmism

Questions about acosmism

What does acosmism mean?
Acosmism means a denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
What part of speech is acosmism?
Acosmism is a noun.

Words near acosmism in the dictionary

  1. acorny
  2. acorosome
  3. acorum
  4. acoschimperoside
  5. acosmic
  6. acosmism
  7. acosmist
  8. acosmistic
  9. acosmists
  10. acospectoside
  11. Acosta

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