atomisticadj.

Brit.

/ˌatəˈmɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˌædəˈmɪstɪk/

Forms: see atom n. and -istic suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: atomist n., -ic suffix; atom n., -istic suffix.

Etymology: Partly < atomist n. + -ic suffix (compare -istic suffix), and partly < atom n. + -istic suffix. Compare earlier atomism n.

a. History of Science. Of or relating to atomists or atomism; = atomic adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers

Pythagorical1570

Pythagorean1579

Anaxagorean1586

Pythagoric1589

Empedoclean1599

Democritean1603

Democritala1617

Democritical1650

atomical1653

Italic1662

Democritish1668

Anaximandrian1678

atomic1678

Democritic1678

Heraclitic1678

hylopathian1678

Parmenidean1678

Heracliticala1688

atomistic1695

Eleatic1695

atomistical1707

acousmatic1753

Pythagorico-Platonic1760

Zenonic1779

Heraclitean1791

neopythagorean1863

1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1833) 13 It was my fortune to meet with Sir Kenelm Digby his discourse of bodies, and the immortality of the soule..which I read with great delight, and became a student of the Atomistick or crepuscular philosophie.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend I. 121 It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xi. 443 The atomistic doctrine of the existence of a vacuum.

1921 Jrnl. Philos. 18 359 The..atomistic theory of Leucippus and Democritus.

1994 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 115 500 Theophrastus assigned to Anaximander the theory of single successive worlds..a doctrine quite different from the Atomistic one.

b. Science. Relating to or involving atoms; made or occurring on the level of individual atoms; = atomic adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adjective] > relating to atoms

atomical1610

atomic1692

atomatic1842

atomistic1877

1877 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1876–7 16 511 To obtain the atomistic symbol, we have: Si = 16.195... Ti = 9.281 [Etc.]

1906 Science 12 Jan. 52/1 Physicists have been led to return in a certain sense to atomistic conceptions.

1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 324 The equations do not alone suffice to explain the atomistic behaviour of matter.

1976 Physics Bull. May 220/3 The authors give a clear and logical explanation of the..microstructural and atomistic aspects of crack propagation.

1992 Chem. in Brit. Feb. 128/3 A range of products are available for examining atomistic models of crystalline and amorphous polymers.

2. Relating to, consisting of, or characterized by isolated individuals or elements; (of an individual) existing and acting as if in isolation, dissociated.Frequently in reference to a community or society: cf. atomize v. 1c.

ΚΠ

1841 tr. K. I. Nitzsch in Brit. & Foreign Rev. 12 527 Philosophy..has rescued the notion of original and generic sin, in opposition to a mere atomistic power of arbitrary selection.

1862 D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division II. 123 To conceive the world..as an atomistic multiplicity without unity.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 214 Instead of starting with atomistic individuals, we must start with..the community.

1917 W. M. Salter Nietzsche Thinker xvi. 203 The dissolving of the old morality is leading to the atomistic individual as a practical consequence.

1949 J. J. Honigman Culture & Ethos of Kaska Society 287 Approached from the standpoint of emotional isolation, the atomistic quality of Kaska social structure may now be related to blocked affectivity.

1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use vii. 151 Ambiguity has a peculiarity of its own that makes it even less susceptible of an atomistic approach.

1993 J. Zvesper Nature & Liberty iii. 47 We shall need to be particularly wary of the defects of an atomistic, community-destroying individualism that has too often been mistaken for the essence of liberalism.

3. Chiefly Philosophy and Psychology. Of or relating to atomism. See atomism n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [adjective] > atomism

atomistic1883

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [adjective] > of logical atomism

atomic1912

atomistic1918

1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 60/2 Such a statement is liable to all the objections already urged against what we may call atomistic psychology.

a1910 W. James Some Probl. Philos. (1911) iv. 87 To such an atomistic plurality the associationists reduce our mental life.

1918 B. Russell in Monist 28 496 The logic which I shall advocate is atomistic, as opposed to the monistic logic of the people who..follow Hegel. When I say that my logic is atomistic, I mean that I share the common-sense belief that there are many separate things.

1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic ii. 61 The analyst..is obliged by his atomistic metaphysics to regard an object consisting of parts a, b, c, and d, in a distinctive configuration as being simply a + b + c + d.

2000 Isis 91 828/1 Gestalt psychology provided a holistic alternative to then-prevalent atomistic, positivistic, and physiological approaches to psychology.

4. Economics. Designating or characterized by competition between a large number of small, independent sellers or buyers, such that none is able individually to influence or dominate the market.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [adjective] > type of market

free1552

liberalized1829

open market1876

atomistic1893

1893 L. Dyer tr. L. Cossa Introd. Study Polit. Econ. xvi. 540 Liberalism knows nothing but the negative idea of unlimited competition, and is, in fact, an atomistic phase in economics.

1927 P. H. Douglas in J. H. Hollander Econ. Ess. 76 The theory of marginal productivity..explains the processes of distribution under the condition of fixed supplies and of atomistic competition.

1962 Economist 17 Mar. 1046/1 Businessmen who consider an attachment to ‘atomistic’ free competition out of date.

1992 J. Henley et al. Rival States, Rival Firms 74 In a perfect market, all firm-specific advantages would be traded away by competition and the world would have remained in the state of Adam Smith's atomistic market.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	atomistic
释义	atomisticadj. Brit. /ˌatəˈmɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌædəˈmɪstɪk/ Forms: see atom n. and -istic suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: atomist n., -ic suffix; atom n., -istic suffix. Etymology: Partly < atomist n. + -ic suffix (compare -istic suffix), and partly < atom n. + -istic suffix. Compare earlier atomism n. 1. a. History of Science. Of or relating to atomists or atomism; = atomic adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > pre-Socratic schools of philosophy > [adjective] > specific schools or philosophers Pythagorical1570 Pythagorean1579 Anaxagorean1586 Pythagoric1589 Empedoclean1599 Democritean1603 Democritala1617 Democritical1650 atomical1653 Italic1662 Democritish1668 Anaximandrian1678 atomic1678 Democritic1678 Heraclitic1678 hylopathian1678 Parmenidean1678 Heracliticala1688 atomistic1695 Eleatic1695 atomistical1707 acousmatic1753 Pythagorico-Platonic1760 Zenonic1779 Heraclitean1791 neopythagorean1863 1695 R. Sibbald Autobiogr. (1833) 13 It was my fortune to meet with Sir Kenelm Digby his discourse of bodies, and the immortality of the soule..which I read with great delight, and became a student of the Atomistick or crepuscular philosophie. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend I. 121 It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xi. 443 The atomistic doctrine of the existence of a vacuum. 1921 Jrnl. Philos. 18 359 The..atomistic theory of Leucippus and Democritus. 1994 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 115 500 Theophrastus assigned to Anaximander the theory of single successive worlds..a doctrine quite different from the Atomistic one. b. Science. Relating to or involving atoms; made or occurring on the level of individual atoms; = atomic adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > atomic chemistry > [adjective] > relating to atoms atomical1610 atomic1692 atomatic1842 atomistic1877 1877 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1876–7 16 511 To obtain the atomistic symbol, we have: Si = 16.195... Ti = 9.281 [Etc.] 1906 Science 12 Jan. 52/1 Physicists have been led to return in a certain sense to atomistic conceptions. 1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 324 The equations do not alone suffice to explain the atomistic behaviour of matter. 1976 Physics Bull. May 220/3 The authors give a clear and logical explanation of the..microstructural and atomistic aspects of crack propagation. 1992 Chem. in Brit. Feb. 128/3 A range of products are available for examining atomistic models of crystalline and amorphous polymers. 2. Relating to, consisting of, or characterized by isolated individuals or elements; (of an individual) existing and acting as if in isolation, dissociated.Frequently in reference to a community or society: cf. atomize v. 1c. ΚΠ 1841 tr. K. I. Nitzsch in Brit. & Foreign Rev. 12 527 Philosophy..has rescued the notion of original and generic sin, in opposition to a mere atomistic power of arbitrary selection. 1862 D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division II. 123 To conceive the world..as an atomistic multiplicity without unity. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 214 Instead of starting with atomistic individuals, we must start with..the community. 1917 W. M. Salter Nietzsche Thinker xvi. 203 The dissolving of the old morality is leading to the atomistic individual as a practical consequence. 1949 J. J. Honigman Culture & Ethos of Kaska Society 287 Approached from the standpoint of emotional isolation, the atomistic quality of Kaska social structure may now be related to blocked affectivity. 1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use vii. 151 Ambiguity has a peculiarity of its own that makes it even less susceptible of an atomistic approach. 1993 J. Zvesper Nature & Liberty iii. 47 We shall need to be particularly wary of the defects of an atomistic, community-destroying individualism that has too often been mistaken for the essence of liberalism. 3. Chiefly Philosophy and Psychology. Of or relating to atomism. See atomism n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [adjective] > atomism atomistic1883 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [adjective] > of logical atomism atomic1912 atomistic1918 1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 60/2 Such a statement is liable to all the objections already urged against what we may call atomistic psychology. a1910 W. James Some Probl. Philos. (1911) iv. 87 To such an atomistic plurality the associationists reduce our mental life. 1918 B. Russell in Monist 28 496 The logic which I shall advocate is atomistic, as opposed to the monistic logic of the people who..follow Hegel. When I say that my logic is atomistic, I mean that I share the common-sense belief that there are many separate things. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic ii. 61 The analyst..is obliged by his atomistic metaphysics to regard an object consisting of parts a, b, c, and d, in a distinctive configuration as being simply a + b + c + d. 2000 Isis 91 828/1 Gestalt psychology provided a holistic alternative to then-prevalent atomistic, positivistic, and physiological approaches to psychology. 4. Economics. Designating or characterized by competition between a large number of small, independent sellers or buyers, such that none is able individually to influence or dominate the market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading conditions > [adjective] > type of market free1552 liberalized1829 open market1876 atomistic1893 1893 L. Dyer tr. L. Cossa Introd. Study Polit. Econ. xvi. 540 Liberalism knows nothing but the negative idea of unlimited competition, and is, in fact, an atomistic phase in economics. 1927 P. H. Douglas in J. H. Hollander Econ. Ess. 76 The theory of marginal productivity..explains the processes of distribution under the condition of fixed supplies and of atomistic competition. 1962 Economist 17 Mar. 1046/1 Businessmen who consider an attachment to ‘atomistic’ free competition out of date. 1992 J. Henley et al. Rival States, Rival Firms 74 In a perfect market, all firm-specific advantages would be traded away by competition and the world would have remained in the state of Adam Smith's atomistic market. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1695
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