physicalism

noun

phys·i·cal·ism ˈfi-zi-kə-ˌli-zəm

: a thesis that the descriptive terms of scientific language are reducible to terms which refer to spatiotemporal things or events or to their properties

physicalist

ˈfi-zi-kə-list

noun or adjective

physicalistic

ˌfi-zi-kə-ˈli-stik

adjective

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By the 19th century, many scientists fully embraced materialism, also known as physicalism. —