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cosmothetic

cosmothetic adjective: assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.

Adjective

cosmothetic (not comparable)

  1. Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.
    • The cosmothetic idealists […] deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter.a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...
    Synonyms:
    cosmothetical

Synonyms of cosmothetic

Origin of cosmothetic

Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + θέσις (thésis, “placement, arrangement”) + -ic.

Questions about cosmothetic

What does cosmothetic mean?
Cosmothetic means assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world.
What part of speech is cosmothetic?
Cosmothetic is an adjective.

Words near cosmothetic in the dictionary

  1. cosmotheism
  2. cosmotheist
  3. cosmotheistic
  4. cosmotheists
  5. cosmotheology
  6. cosmothetic
  7. cosmothetical
  8. cosmotini
  9. cosmotinis
  10. cosmotron
  11. cosmotrons

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