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mechanicism

mechanicism noun: synonym of mechanism (“theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes”).

Noun

mechanicism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of mechanism (“theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes”).
    • Ever since the scientific revolution, substance ontology has been associated with mechanicism, the view that nature, together with everything in it, is a machine that operates in a regular and predictable manner […]2018, Daniel J. Nicholson, John Dupré, Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology (page 28)
    Synonyms:
    mechanism

Synonyms of mechanicism

Origin of mechanicism

From mechanic + -ism.

Questions about mechanicism

What does mechanicism mean?
Mechanicism means synonym of mechanism (“theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes”).
What part of speech is mechanicism?
Mechanicism is a noun.

Words near mechanicism in the dictionary

  1. mechanically separated meat
  2. mechanicalness
  3. mechanicals
  4. mechanician
  5. mechanicians
  6. mechanicism
  7. mechanicize
  8. mechanicized
  9. mechanicizes
  10. mechanicizing
  11. mechanick

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