corporealism

noun — 3 senses

corporealism

noun

Etymology From corporeal + -ism.

1

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Dated Materialism.

  • That the Democritic philosophy, which is made up of these two principles, Corporealism and Atomism complicated together, is essentially Atheistical1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
2

Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology The use of physical attributes as a criterion or value (royal blood, race, multiracialism, inability, physical abilities).

3

Lifestyle, Religion, Theology The belief that God has a physical body, as opposed to being immaterial.

Synonyms
antimentalism, non-mentalism, nonmentalism
Antonyms
intellectualism, mentalism

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