Physicism \Phys"i*cism\ (f[i^]z"[i^]*s[i^]z'm), n.
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with,
physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.
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Anthropomorphism grows into theology, while physicism
(if I may so call it) develops into science. --Huxley.
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