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externalism

Syllabification: (ex·ter·nal·ism)
Definition of externalism

noun

  • 1excessive regard for outward form in religion.
  • 2 Philosophy the view that mental events and acts are essentially dependent on the world external to the mind, in opposition to the Cartesian separation of mental and physical worlds.

Derivatives

externalist

noun & adjective

externalism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of externalism in the British & World English dictionary
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