chemism

[ kem-iz-uh m ]

/ ˈkɛm ɪz əm /

noun

chemical action.

Nearby words

chemiluminescence, chemin de fer, chemiosmosis, chemise, chemisette, chemism, chemisorb, chemisorption, chemist, chemistry, chemmy

Origin of chemism

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

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Examples from the Web for chemism

If his chemism could only give him the mother-principle also!
The Breath of Life|John Burroughs
There is no life without chemism, but there is chemism without life.
The Breath of Life|John Burroughs
For the rest, the phrase "sexual metabolism" or "chemism of sexuality" is a chapter-head without content.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
Without this, chemism and mechanism would work together to quite other ends.
The Breath of Life|John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for chemism

chemism

/ (ˈkɛmɪzəm) /

noun

obsolete chemical action

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