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corporealism

corporealism noun: materialism.

Noun

corporealism (countable and uncountable, plural corporealisms)

  1. (dated) Materialism.
    • That the Democritic philosophy, which is made up of these two principles, Corporealism and Atomism complicated together, is essentially Atheistical1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...
  2. The use of physical attributes as a criterion or value (royal blood, race, multiracialism, inability, physical abilities).
  3. The belief that God has a physical body, as opposed to being immaterial.

Synonyms of corporealism

Antonyms

Forms of corporealism

pluralcorporealisms

Origin of corporealism

From corporeal + -ism.

Questions about corporealism

What does corporealism mean?
Corporealism means materialism.
What part of speech is corporealism?
Corporealism is a noun.
What is the plural of corporealism?
The plural of corporealism is corporealisms.

Words near corporealism in the dictionary

  1. corporealisations
  2. corporealise
  3. corporealised
  4. corporealises
  5. corporealising
  6. corporealism
  7. corporealisms
  8. corporealist
  9. corporealists
  10. corporealities
  11. corporeality

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