physicalism
noun
physicalism is spelled P-H-Y-S-I-C-A-L-I-S-M: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, physicalism means “A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of physicalism is physicalisms.
How many letters and syllables are in physicalism?
| Letters | 11: P-H-Y-S-I-C-A-L-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is physicalism?
Physicalism appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of physicalism
- physicalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does physicalism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A philosophical position holding that everything which exists is no more extensive than its physical properties; that is, that there are no kinds of things other than physical things, which all are of logically procedural nature, based on fundamental laws at their deepest level of causality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does physicalism come from?
From physical + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).