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Definition of Somatist

1. n. One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.

Definition of Somatist

1. an adherent of somatism [n -S] - See also: somatism

Medical Definition of Somatist

1. One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatist

somatic mutation somatic mutation theory of cancer somatic nerve somatic nucleus somatic recombination somatic reproduction somatic sensation somatic sense somatic sensory cortex somatic sensory system

somatic swallow somatisation disorder somatism somatisms somatist (current term) somatist (current term) somatists somatization somatization disorder somato-

somatochrome somatocrinin somatocyst somatoform disorder somatoform disorders somatoform pain somatogenetic somatogenic somatogenic somatoliberin

Literary usage of Somatist

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1. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"somatist.—1. One who admits the existence of corporeal or material beings only. 2. One who denies the existence of spiritual substances. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1916)
"For the somatist and the mechanist, the human body was nothing but hormones and reflexes; for the vitalist there were only symbols. ..."

3. The Chicago Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1875)
"Dr. Dickson, like perhaps a great majority of his co-workers in this department, is clearly a somatist, regarding every manifestation of mental disorder as ..."

4. Gooch on Some of the Most Important Diseases Peculiar to Women: With Other by Robert Gooch (1859)
"The battle between somatist and Spiritualist is an idle strife. The whole theory of morals is based on the postulate, that the mind is susceptible of change ..."

5. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1868)
"Both writers, in the first place, agree in this, that they belong to the somatist school of psychologists, as opposed to the spiritualist. ..."

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