mechanicalismn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈkanᵻkl̩ɪz(ə)m/,

/mᵻˈkanᵻkəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/məˈkænəkəˌlɪzəm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mechanical adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < mechanical adj. + -ism suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier mechanism n. 4 and mechanicism n. 3, and also earlier mechanicalist n.

a. Philosophy. = mechanism n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > mechanism or mechanistic theory

mechanism1690

mechanicism1867

mechanicalism1892

mechanicalism1893

1892 E. Haeckel in Monist 2 482 Mechanicalism..this important fundamental concept has frequently been used in three different and divergent senses..as synonymous with monism..as a universal motion-principle of physics..as that branch of physics which deals with the grosser and visible processes of motion.

1907 S. Scholfield Doctr. of Mechanicalism Introd. 1 The doctrine that animal organisms are dependently related fabricative machines, which are the necessary instrumentalities employed by an intelligent Governing Proprietor.., may be termed the doctrine of mechanicalism.

1974 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 35 210 The poetry of Cleveland embodies an..uncompromising mechanicalism and should be seen not as a reflection of a Hobbesian philosophy but as an independent..cultural artifact.

b. In extended use: the belief that all phenomena can be reduced to a scientific explanation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > mechanism or mechanistic theory

mechanism1690

mechanicism1867

mechanicalism1892

mechanicalism1893

1893 Nation (N.Y.) 3 Aug. 88/2 These two things, mechanicalism and infallibilism, are the great obstacles to any common understanding between religious thinking and scientific thinking.

1939 Philos. Rev. 48 139 Eastern cultures are being radically transformed by Western mechanicalism and science.

2. Machine-like procedure; routine. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > routine

rote1581

route1725

routine1760

habituality1801

automatism1882

mechanicalism1903

autopilot1967

1903 Speaker 30 May 201/2 Others..have lost all touch with human nature, the slaves of an academic mechanicalism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mechanicalism
释义	mechanicalismn. Brit. /mᵻˈkanᵻkl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /mᵻˈkanᵻkəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /məˈkænəkəˌlɪzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mechanical adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < mechanical adj. + -ism suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier mechanism n. 4 and mechanicism n. 3, and also earlier mechanicalist n. 1. a. Philosophy. = mechanism n. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > mechanism or mechanistic theory mechanism1690 mechanicism1867 mechanicalism1892 mechanicalism1893 1892 E. Haeckel in Monist 2 482 Mechanicalism..this important fundamental concept has frequently been used in three different and divergent senses..as synonymous with monism..as a universal motion-principle of physics..as that branch of physics which deals with the grosser and visible processes of motion. 1907 S. Scholfield Doctr. of Mechanicalism Introd. 1 The doctrine that animal organisms are dependently related fabricative machines, which are the necessary instrumentalities employed by an intelligent Governing Proprietor.., may be termed the doctrine of mechanicalism. 1974 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 35 210 The poetry of Cleveland embodies an..uncompromising mechanicalism and should be seen not as a reflection of a Hobbesian philosophy but as an independent..cultural artifact. b. In extended use: the belief that all phenomena can be reduced to a scientific explanation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > theoretical scientific philosophy > [noun] > mechanism or mechanistic theory mechanism1690 mechanicism1867 mechanicalism1892 mechanicalism1893 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 3 Aug. 88/2 These two things, mechanicalism and infallibilism, are the great obstacles to any common understanding between religious thinking and scientific thinking. 1939 Philos. Rev. 48 139 Eastern cultures are being radically transformed by Western mechanicalism and science. 2. Machine-like procedure; routine. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > routine rote1581 route1725 routine1760 habituality1801 automatism1882 mechanicalism1903 autopilot1967 1903 Speaker 30 May 201/2 Others..have lost all touch with human nature, the slaves of an academic mechanicalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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