💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Material cause"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| matternoun | (uncountable) Material; substance. |
| formal causenoun | (philosophy, natural science) The design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter. |
| formnoun | (heading, physical) To do with shape. |
| beingverb | The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. |
| protomatternoun | (physics) A hypothetical substance from which the universe is created. |
| subject matternoun | The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. |
| mindnoun | The capability for rational thought. |
| subjectnoun | The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. |
| existencenoun | (Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. |
| subject-matternoun | Alternative form of subject matter. [The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.] |
| bodynoun | Physical frame. |
| objectivenoun | A goal that is striven for. |
| pregiven | Provided beforehand; present at the start. |
| hypostasisnoun | (theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’). |
| mediumnoun | A format for communicating or presenting information. |
| brainsnoun | (informal) The figurative substance of a brain: mental ability, intelligence. |
| manasnoun | (philosophy, chiefly theosophy) The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals. |
| res cogitansnoun | (philosophy) A nonphysical substance of which minds are composed, separate from res extensa, according to Cartesian dualism and idealism. |
| stuffnoun | (informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. |
| naturenoun | (uncountable, often capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology. |
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