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Atomism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Philosophy The ancient theory of Democritus, Epicurus, and Lucretius, according to which simple, minute, indivisible, and indestructible particles are the basic components of the entire universe.

n. Philosophy A theory according to which social institutions, values, and processes arise solely from the acts and interests of individuals, who thus constitute the only true subject of analysis.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.

n. The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under atomic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The metaphysical or the physical theory of atoms; atomic philosophy or atomic theory. See atomic.

n. The state of existing as an atom or a unit, or of being composed of atoms or units; individualism.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association

n. (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles

Word Usage

"Descartes rejects any form of atomism, which is the view that there exists a smallest indivisible particle of matter."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

scientific theory theory

Variant

atomic

Form

logical atomism

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