chemism

[ kem-iz-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

chemism

/ ˈkɛmɪzəm /

Origin of chemism¹

1850–55; chem- + -ism, modeled on French chimisme, equivalent to chim ( ie ) chemistry + -isme -ism

For the rest, the phrase "sexual metabolism" or "chemism of sexuality" is a chapter-head without content.

If his chemism could only give him the mother-principle also!

There is no life without chemism, but there is chemism without life.

Without this, chemism and mechanism would work together to quite other ends.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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