SPIRITUALISERS Antonyms

• someone who is critical of the motives of others

• a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

• someone with great regard for material possessions

• someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter

• an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms

• a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

• an adherent of philosophical pragmatism

• a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions

• of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism

• someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

• a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

• a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

• an advocate of secularism; someone who believes that religion should be excluded from government and education

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs