elementalism

noun

el·​e·​men·​tal·​ism

plural -s

: a tendency to postulate a separation into independent entities or elements of things (such as mind and body, space and time) that can be only verbally so separated

elementalistic

¦⸗⸗¦⸗ᵊl¦istik

adjective

elementalistically

-tə̇k(ə)lē

-tēk-

-li

adverb

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