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quidditism

quidditism noun: a philosophical viewpoint which posits that the laws of nature do not supervene on quiddity.

Noun

quidditism (uncountable)

  1. A philosophical viewpoint which posits that the laws of nature do not supervene on quiddity.

Origin of quidditism

From quiddity + -ism.

Questions about quidditism

What does quidditism mean?
Quidditism means a philosophical viewpoint which posits that the laws of nature do not supervene on quiddity.
What part of speech is quidditism?
Quidditism is a noun.

Words near quidditism in the dictionary

  1. quidditas
  2. quidditative
  3. quidditatively
  4. quidditch
  5. quiddities
  6. quidditism
  7. quidditistic
  8. quiddits
  9. quiddity
  10. quiddle
  11. quiddled

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