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Physicism

Physicism \Phys"i*cism\, n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.

Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism (if I may so call it) develops into science.
--Huxley.

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physicism

n. The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomenon; materialism in philosophy and religion.