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virtualism

virtualism noun: virtuality.

Noun

virtualism (usually uncountable, plural virtualisms)

  1. (usually) Virtuality.
  2. (usually) The view, believed to have been held by Calvin and other church reformers contrary to the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, that the bread and wine (in Christian Holy Communion) do not literally transform into flesh and blood but are the medium or mechanism through which the spiritual or immaterial essence of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ are received.

Forms of virtualism

pluralvirtualisms

Origin of virtualism

From virtual + -ism.

Questions about virtualism

What does virtualism mean?
Virtualism means virtuality.
What part of speech is virtualism?
Virtualism is a noun.
What is the plural of virtualism?
The plural of virtualism is virtualisms.

Words near virtualism in the dictionary

  1. virtualised
  2. virtualiser
  3. virtualisers
  4. virtualises
  5. virtualising
  6. virtualism
  7. virtualisms
  8. virtualist
  9. virtualists
  10. virtualities
  11. virtuality

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