elementalism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

elemental +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

elementalism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of elementarism (the view that things are constructed from simpler elements)
  2. The theory that the heathen gods originated in the personification of elemental powers

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for elementalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)