terrestrialism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From terrestrial + -ism.
Noun
[edit]terrestrialism (uncountable)
- (biology) The practice of being terrestrial, typically of amphibians in a dry climate
- The quality of belonging to the earth.
- 1994, Homi K. Bhabha, The Location of Culture:
- It is the Terrestrialism of the African (Yoruba) world-view that established its identity and distinguishes it from western rationalism. Terrestrialism locates man in a cosmic totality, presenting a unified sensibility, where his earth-boundedness is indispensable from the entire cosmic phenomenon.