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speculative materialism

speculative materialism noun: a form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as passive, but an aggregation or assembly of pluralities.

Noun

speculative materialism (uncountable)

  1. A form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as passive, but an aggregation or assembly of pluralities.

Questions about speculative materialism

What does speculative materialism mean?
Speculative materialism means a form of new materialism that eliminates constructivism and creates a new materialist view of a world whose material objects are no longer considered as passive, but an aggregation or assembly of pluralities.
What part of speech is speculative materialism?
Speculative materialism is a noun.

Words near speculative materialism in the dictionary

  1. speculative erotica
  2. speculative evolution
  3. speculative fiction
  4. speculative fictions
  5. Speculative Masonry
  6. speculative materialism
  7. speculative philosophies
  8. speculative philosophy
  9. speculative realism
  10. speculatively
  11. speculativeness

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