physicalism (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *physicalism*:
NOUN	cognition	physicalism, materialism	(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

English > *physicalism*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality.
Synonym	materialism
Category	philosophy	The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
Narrower	dialectical materialism	The materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Broader	philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory	A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
Spanish	fisicalismo, materialismo
Catalan	fisicalisme, fisicalismo, materialisme

HyperDic: physicalism