cosmothetic

adjective

cos·​mo·​thet·​ic

¦käzmə¦thetik

philosophy

: positing the external world compare cosmothetic idealism

Word History

Etymology

cosm- + Greek thetikos positive, from thet- (stem of tithenai to set, place, assume) + -ikos -ic

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