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emergentism

emergentism noun: the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts (or not) with reductionism.

Noun

emergentism (countable and uncountable, plural emergentisms)

  1. The belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts (or not) with reductionism.

Forms of emergentism

pluralemergentisms

Origin of emergentism

From emergent + -ism.

Questions about emergentism

What does emergentism mean?
Emergentism means the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves consciousness and the philosophy of mind, and as it contrasts (or not) with reductionism.
What part of speech is emergentism?
Emergentism is a noun.
What is the plural of emergentism?
The plural of emergentism is emergentisms.

Words near emergentism in the dictionary

  1. emergency vehicle
  2. emergency vehicles
  3. emergent
  4. emergent counting
  5. emergent literacy
  6. emergentism
  7. emergentisms
  8. emergentist
  9. emergentistic
  10. emergentists
  11. emergently

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