Main Entry: phys·i·cal·ism

Pronunciation: \ˈfi-zi-kə-ˌli-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1931

: a thesis that the descriptive terms of scientific language are reducible to terms which refer to spatiotemporal things or events or to their properties

— phys·i·cal·ist \-list\ noun or adjective

— phys·i·cal·is·tic \ˌfi-zi-kə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective