Corporealism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Materialism. countable, dated, uncountable

    "That the Democritic philosophy, which is made up of these two principles, Corporealism and Atomism complicated together, is essentially Atheistical"

  2. 2
    The use of physical attributes as a criterion or value (royal blood, race, multiracialism, inability, physical abilities). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The belief that God has a physical body, as opposed to being immaterial. countable, uncountable

Example

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"That the Democritic philosophy, which is made up of these two principles, Corporealism and Atomism complicated together, is essentially Atheistical"

Etymology

From corporeal + -ism.

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