atomisticallyadv.
/ˌatəˈmɪstᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌædəˈmɪstᵻk(ə)li/ In an atomistic manner; in terms of distinct, separable, and independent elementary components.
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1874 J. W. Watson & M. J. Evans tr. J. J. van Oosterzee Christian Dogmatics lxxiv. 400 So little can it [sc. mankind] be atomistically individualised in its sins.
1881 E. Thomas tr. F. A. Lange Hist. Materialism III. 215 Matter..whether we conceive it atomistically or as a continuum.
1924 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Locke's Human Und. p. xx This start with sensations, atomistically conceived as simple or particular ideas..is a presupposition of the older psychology, common to Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.
1935 K. Koffka Princ. Gestalt Psychol. vii. 271 Atomistically considered, there is no disparate point on the right side.
2003 Canad. Jrnl. Sociol. 28 195 The interactions of the players considered atomistically..are not causally sufficient to produce the phenomenon in question.
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