Definition of atomism in English:

atomism

noun ˈatəmɪz(ə)mˈædəˌmɪzəm

mass nounPhilosophy

A theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components.
The opposite of holism
Example sentencesExamples
- A study of the path from philosophical atomism to contemporary scientific atomism helps to shed light on the nature of philosophy and science and the relationship between the two.
- The true philosophy of Cudworth's intellectual system combines mechanistic atomism with Platonic metaphysics.
- Their atheism was based on a theory of atomism, which they were the first to propose.
- Gassendi, for example, embarked on a wholehearted revival and modification of Epicurean atomism, which had a considerable impact on natural philosophy.
- Philip Pettit makes a useful distinction between two pairs of concepts: individualism and collectivism, and atomism and holism.
- The reason that his work on chemical atomism, if not physical atomism, was so widely accepted was that it worked to explain the relationships that had been noted and tested by the chemists of the latter part of the 1700s.
- One of the great achievements of the scientific imagination, the Epicurean cosmos is based on three fundamental principles: materialism, mechanism, and atomism.

Derivatives

atomist

noun ˈatəmɪstˈædəməst

Philosophy

The ancient atomists, like Leucippus and Democritus and Epicuris, believed that the world was made out of atoms.
Example sentencesExamples
- By positing indivisible bodies, the atomists were also thought to be answering Zeno's paradoxes about the impossibility of motion.
- He was not an atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements.
- But whereas the Greek atomists had to guess and imagine, John Dalton, a Quaker and a chemist, used modern scientific reasoning.
- It will be observed that in this respect the early atomists were far more scientific than Epicurus and even than Aristotle.
- Others had held that the ultimate parts of ordinary things were substances (Aristotle is thinking of the ancient atomists, whose basic entities were microscopical corpuscles).
- Not all of the mechanical philosophers were mechanical atomists.
- Although, unlike most of his fashionable contemporaries and immediate successors, Descartes was not an atomist, he was, like the others, a mechanist about the properties of matter.

atomistic

adjective atəˈmɪstɪkˌædəˈmɪstɪk

Philosophy

I used any appropriate method in as accurate a way as possible to unite holistic analysis, which is characteristic of the positivist school of sociology, and atomistic analysis, characteristic of the interpretive sociologies.
Example sentencesExamples
- They were nevertheless moderns in natural philosophy who accepted post-Galilean science, and propounded an atomistic theory of matter.
- Individuals, according to atomistic theories, are not in need of any communal context in order to develop and exercise their capacity for self-determination.
- Modern physics has ceased to be atomistic in the full sense that the Greek atomists intended.
- By thinking of evolution in mechanistic and atomistic terms, materialist interpretations typically muffle our intuitive sense of life striving toward what is yet to be.
- Both of these ideas have an atomistic view of humans - we're all individuals, and we develop our lives in a solitary way.
- The dissolution of the feudal estates by the Revolution produced a purely atomistic society, characterized by the assertion of individual property right.
- For testers, the problem has been one of reconciling the relative importance of the holistic and atomistic elements in a syllabus.

Definition of atomism in US English:

atomism

nounˈædəˌmɪzəmˈadəˌmizəm

Philosophy

A theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components.
The opposite of holism
Example sentencesExamples
- The reason that his work on chemical atomism, if not physical atomism, was so widely accepted was that it worked to explain the relationships that had been noted and tested by the chemists of the latter part of the 1700s.
- A study of the path from philosophical atomism to contemporary scientific atomism helps to shed light on the nature of philosophy and science and the relationship between the two.
- The true philosophy of Cudworth's intellectual system combines mechanistic atomism with Platonic metaphysics.
- Their atheism was based on a theory of atomism, which they were the first to propose.
- Gassendi, for example, embarked on a wholehearted revival and modification of Epicurean atomism, which had a considerable impact on natural philosophy.
- One of the great achievements of the scientific imagination, the Epicurean cosmos is based on three fundamental principles: materialism, mechanism, and atomism.
- Philip Pettit makes a useful distinction between two pairs of concepts: individualism and collectivism, and atomism and holism.

单词	atomism
释义	Definition of atomism in English: atomism noun ˈatəmɪz(ə)mˈædəˌmɪzəm mass nounPhilosophy A theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. The opposite of holism Example sentencesExamples A study of the path from philosophical atomism to contemporary scientific atomism helps to shed light on the nature of philosophy and science and the relationship between the two. The true philosophy of Cudworth's intellectual system combines mechanistic atomism with Platonic metaphysics. Their atheism was based on a theory of atomism, which they were the first to propose. Gassendi, for example, embarked on a wholehearted revival and modification of Epicurean atomism, which had a considerable impact on natural philosophy. Philip Pettit makes a useful distinction between two pairs of concepts: individualism and collectivism, and atomism and holism. The reason that his work on chemical atomism, if not physical atomism, was so widely accepted was that it worked to explain the relationships that had been noted and tested by the chemists of the latter part of the 1700s. One of the great achievements of the scientific imagination, the Epicurean cosmos is based on three fundamental principles: materialism, mechanism, and atomism. Derivatives atomist noun ˈatəmɪstˈædəməst Philosophy The ancient atomists, like Leucippus and Democritus and Epicuris, believed that the world was made out of atoms. Example sentencesExamples By positing indivisible bodies, the atomists were also thought to be answering Zeno's paradoxes about the impossibility of motion. He was not an atomist in the mould of Democritus, but he did conceive of atom-like fundamental particles of the four Empedoclean elements. But whereas the Greek atomists had to guess and imagine, John Dalton, a Quaker and a chemist, used modern scientific reasoning. It will be observed that in this respect the early atomists were far more scientific than Epicurus and even than Aristotle. Others had held that the ultimate parts of ordinary things were substances (Aristotle is thinking of the ancient atomists, whose basic entities were microscopical corpuscles). Not all of the mechanical philosophers were mechanical atomists. Although, unlike most of his fashionable contemporaries and immediate successors, Descartes was not an atomist, he was, like the others, a mechanist about the properties of matter. atomistic adjective atəˈmɪstɪkˌædəˈmɪstɪk Philosophy I used any appropriate method in as accurate a way as possible to unite holistic analysis, which is characteristic of the positivist school of sociology, and atomistic analysis, characteristic of the interpretive sociologies. Example sentencesExamples They were nevertheless moderns in natural philosophy who accepted post-Galilean science, and propounded an atomistic theory of matter. Individuals, according to atomistic theories, are not in need of any communal context in order to develop and exercise their capacity for self-determination. Modern physics has ceased to be atomistic in the full sense that the Greek atomists intended. By thinking of evolution in mechanistic and atomistic terms, materialist interpretations typically muffle our intuitive sense of life striving toward what is yet to be. Both of these ideas have an atomistic view of humans - we're all individuals, and we develop our lives in a solitary way. The dissolution of the feudal estates by the Revolution produced a purely atomistic society, characterized by the assertion of individual property right. For testers, the problem has been one of reconciling the relative importance of the holistic and atomistic elements in a syllabus. Definition of atomism in US English: atomism nounˈædəˌmɪzəmˈadəˌmizəm Philosophy A theoretical approach that regards something as interpretable through analysis into distinct, separable, and independent elementary components. The opposite of holism Example sentencesExamples The reason that his work on chemical atomism, if not physical atomism, was so widely accepted was that it worked to explain the relationships that had been noted and tested by the chemists of the latter part of the 1700s. A study of the path from philosophical atomism to contemporary scientific atomism helps to shed light on the nature of philosophy and science and the relationship between the two. The true philosophy of Cudworth's intellectual system combines mechanistic atomism with Platonic metaphysics. Their atheism was based on a theory of atomism, which they were the first to propose. Gassendi, for example, embarked on a wholehearted revival and modification of Epicurean atomism, which had a considerable impact on natural philosophy. One of the great achievements of the scientific imagination, the Epicurean cosmos is based on three fundamental principles: materialism, mechanism, and atomism. Philip Pettit makes a useful distinction between two pairs of concepts: individualism and collectivism, and atomism and holism.
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