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Physicalist vs Physicist - What's the difference?

physicalist | physicist |

As nouns the difference between physicalist and physicist

is that physicalist is a believer in physicalism while physicist is a person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

physicalist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A believer in physicalism.

    • physicist

    English

    (wikipedia physicist)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.
  • (archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to (vitalist)).