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psychism

psychism noun: the old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.

Noun

psychism (countable and uncountable, plural psychisms)

  1. The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.
    • PSYCHISM […]is the word to denote the doctrine that there is a fluid, diffused throughout all nature[…]1858, William Fleming, The Vocabulary of Philosophy

Forms of psychism

pluralpsychisms

Origin of psychism

Compare French psychisme.

Words formed from psychism

Questions about psychism

What does psychism mean?
Psychism means the old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.
What part of speech is psychism?
Psychism is a noun.
What is the plural of psychism?
The plural of psychism is psychisms.

Words near psychism in the dictionary

  1. psychids
  2. psychill
  3. psyching
  4. psyching out
  5. psyching up
  6. psychism
  7. psychisms
  8. psychist
  9. psychistic
  10. psychists
  11. psycho

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