Somatist

//ˈsəʊmætɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.

    "And therefore I cannot but wonder at a late Reverend Author , who seems to conclude thoſe Modern Philosophers under the name and notion of such Somatists, as are for meer Matter and Motion, and exclude immaterial Beings"

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"And therefore I cannot but wonder at a late Reverend Author , who seems to conclude thoſe Modern Philosophers under the name and notion of such Somatists, as are for meer Matter and Motion, and exclude immaterial Beings"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) + -ist.

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