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double

n. in psychodrama, an individual, one of the auxiliary egos, who speaks or acts out the presumed inner thoughts of the protagonist (i.e., the person presenting the problem to be explored). The technique is known as doubling.

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physicalism

physicalism

n.

1. the doctrine that reality is composed of matter and that mind is therefore reducible to matter. See identity theory; materialism; mind–body problem.

2. the view that all meaningful propositions can be stated in the language of the physical sciences and in operational definitions. See logical positivism; positivism. —physicalist adj.