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mechanists

mechanists is the plural of mechanist.

Meaning of mechanist

Noun

mechanist (plural mechanists)

  1. A person who takes a mechanical view; someone who subscribes to mechanism.
    • The economic spirit of a people cannot be manipulated in as simple-minded a fashion as the Keynesian mechanists imagine.2009 January 16, David Brooks, “An Economy of Faith and Trust”, in New York Times
  2. (archaic) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

Questions about mechanists

What is mechanists the plural of?
Mechanists is the plural of mechanist.

Words near mechanists in the dictionary

  1. mechanist
  2. mechanistic
  3. mechanistical
  4. mechanistically
  5. mechanistics
  6. mechanists
  7. mechanizability
  8. mechanizable
  9. mechanization
  10. mechanizations
  11. mechanize

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