| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| gradualism | the belief that things proceed by degrees |
| gradualisms | GRADUALISM, the belief that things proceed by degrees |
| gradualistic | relating to gradualism, the belief that things proceed by degrees |
| casualism | the belief that chance governs all things |
| casualisms | CASUALISM, the belief that chance governs all things |
| immaterialism | The belief that material things have no objective existence |
| objectivism | The belief that certain things, esp. moral truths, exist independently of human knowledge or perception of them |
| essentialism | A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence |
