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compositionism

compositionism noun: an approach to understanding things, such as chemical substances, based on the parts of which they are composed.

Noun

compositionism (uncountable)

  1. An approach to understanding things, such as chemical substances, based on the parts of which they are composed.

Origin of compositionism

From composition + -ism.

Questions about compositionism

What does compositionism mean?
Compositionism means an approach to understanding things, such as chemical substances, based on the parts of which they are composed.
What part of speech is compositionism?
Compositionism is a noun.

Words near compositionism in the dictionary

  1. compositionalism
  2. compositionalist
  3. compositionalists
  4. compositionality
  5. compositionally
  6. compositionism
  7. compositionist
  8. compositionists
  9. compositions
  10. compositive
  11. compositively

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