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单词 physiurgic
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physiurgicadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: Greek ϕύσις , -urgy comb. form, -ic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕύσις nature (see physis n.) + -urgy comb. form + -ic suffix, probably after theurgic adj. Compare anthropurgic adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (fiziˌɒ̄·ɹdʒik) /fɪzɪˈɜːdʒɪk/.
Obsolete. rare.
In Jeremy Bentham's terminology: produced or acted upon solely by nature. Cf. anthropurgic adj.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > natural or existing in nature
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physiurgic1817
physioplastica1832
physiurgoscopica1832
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 187 Applied to bodies..in their natural, or say physiurgic, state—human art—or say elaboration by human art—has two distinguishable objects.
1843 J. Bowring Introd. Bentham's Wks. i. 16/2 Natural History and Natural Philosophy are respectively represented by Physiurgic Somatology, and Anthropurgic Somatology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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