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atomism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun atomism has 2 senses
- atomism(n = noun.cognition) Array - (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association; Array is a kind of scientific theory
- atomism(n = noun.cognition) atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory - (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe" is a kind of theory
Derived forms adjective atomistic1, adjective atomistical1
Derived forms adjective atomistic1, adjective atomistical1
Antonym: holism
CIDE DICTIONARY
atomism, n. [Cf. F. atomisme.].
The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy , under Atomic. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
atomism, n. Philos.
1 the theory that all matter consists of tiny individual particles.
2 Psychol. the theory that mental states are made up of elementary units.
1 the theory that all matter consists of tiny individual particles.
2 Psychol. the theory that mental states are made up of elementary units.
Derivative
atomist n. atomistic adj.
THESAURUS
atomism
Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bohr theory, Bradleianism, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Dirac theory, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, Heracliteanism, Herbartianism, Humism, Kantianism, Leibnizianism, Marxism, Mimamsa, Neo-Hegelianism, Neo-Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, Peripateticism, Platonism, Purva Mimamsa, Pyrrhonism, Pythagoreanism, Sankhya, Schellingism, Scotism, Socratism, Sophism, Sophistry, Spencerianism, Stoicism, Thomism, acosmism, agnosticism, animalism, animatism, animism, behaviorism, commonsense realism, correspondence principle, cosmotheism, criticism, deism, dialectical materialism, dualism, earthliness, eclecticism, egoism, empiricism, epiphenomenalism, ethics, eudaemonism, existentialism, hedonism, historical materialism, humanism, hylomorphism, hylotheism, hylozoism, idealism, immaterialism, individualism, intuitionism, law of parity, materialism, mechanism, mentalism, monism, mysticism, natural realism, naturalism, neocriticism, new realism, nominalism, octet theory, ontologism, ontology, optimism, organic mechanism, organicism, panpsychism, pantheism, pessimism, physicalism, physicism, pluralism, positive philosophy, positivism, pragmaticism, pragmatism, psychism, psychological hedonism, quantum theory, rationalism, realism, representative realism, secular humanism, secularism, semiotic, semiotics, sensationalism, skepticism, substantialism, syncretism, temporality, theism, transcendentalism, utilitarianism, voluntarism, worldliness
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