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psychism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
psy-chism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compare French psychisme.

Usage

Inflected Forms

psychisms (plural)

Derived Forms

infrapsychism micropsychism panpsychism

Frequently Paired Words

psychist

Questions

What does psychism mean?
The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.
Where does psychism come from?
Compare French psychisme.

How to pronounce psychism

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