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extrinsicism|ɛkˈstrɪnsɪsɪz(ə)m| Also extrinsecism. [f. extrinsic a. + -ism.] A state or embodiment of extrinsicality. So exˈtrinsicist a.
1934Downside Rev. LII. 189 To defend the traditional conception of theological science against the accusations of ‘extrinsecism’ and ‘theologism’. 1935O. F. Clarke tr. Berdyaev's Freedom & Spirit i. 29 The empirical personality..finds itself condemned to a divided existence. Thus spirit is always in such circumstances an ‘extrinsicism’. 1967C. Davis Question of Conscience iii. iv. 210 The modern historical approach to truth can best be seen in contrast to its opposite extreme. This is extrinsicism. Ibid., The extrinsicist view of truth holds that objective truth..exists already out there, outside history in some unchanging realm. |