单词 | descendentalism |
释义 | descendentalismn. A tendency towards dealing with material or worldly matters; empiricism; naturalism, realism. Frequently contrasted with transcendentalism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > naturalism > [noun] naturalism1750 descendentalism1833 nature philosophy1842 naturism1847 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] physiology1564 empirism1716 empirical philosophy1733 empiricism1796 descendentalism1833 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > materialism > [noun] > realism realism1797 realisma1820 descendentalism1833 1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 679/2 With all this Descendentalism, he combines a Transcendentalism no less superlative. 1899 F. W. Gunsaulus Man of Galilee xxxvii. 381 His transcendentalism..supplied their descendentalism with proof that His reason was tottering on its throne. 1994 E. Schor Bearing Dead ii. iv. 133 Such is the price of Wordsworth's descendentalism, which identifies nature with mortal process, not with sublime changelessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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