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machinism

machinism noun: the use of machines or machine-like systems of organization and production.

Noun

machinism (uncountable)

  1. The use of machines or machine-like systems of organization and production.
  2. The idea that biological organisms are machine-like systems.

Origin of machinism

From machine + -ism.

Questions about machinism

What does machinism mean?
Machinism means the use of machines or machine-like systems of organization and production.
What part of speech is machinism?
Machinism is a noun.

Words near machinism in the dictionary

  1. machinings
  2. machinise
  3. machinised
  4. machinises
  5. machinising
  6. machinism
  7. machinist
  8. machinist block
  9. machinist blocks
  10. machinistic
  11. machinists

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