'atomism' definitions:
Definition of 'atomism'
(from WordNet)
noun
(psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
noun
(chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe" [syn: atomism, atomic theory, atomist theory, atomistic theory] [ant: holism, holistic theory]
Synonyms of 'atomism'
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- acosmism,
- agnosticism,
- animalism,
- animatism,
- animism,
- Aristotelianism,
- behaviorism,
- Berkeleianism,
- Bohr theory,
- Bradleianism,
- commonsense realism,
- correspondence principle,
- cosmotheism,
- criticism,
- Cynicism,
- Cyrenaic hedonism,
- Cyrenaicism,
- deism,
- dialectical materialism,
- Dirac theory,
- dualism,
- earthliness,
- eclecticism,
- egoism,
- empiricism,
- Epicureanism,
- epiphenomenalism,
- ethics,
- eudaemonism,
- existentialism,
- Fichteanism,
- hedonism,
- Hegelianism,
- Heideggerianism,
- Heracliteanism,
- Herbartianism,
- historical materialism,
- humanism,
- Humism,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- idealism,
- immaterialism,
- individualism,
- intuitionism,
- Kantianism,
- law of parity,
- Leibnizianism,
- Marxism,
- materialism,
- mechanism,
- mentalism,
- Mimamsa,
- monism,
- mysticism,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- Neo-Hegelianism,
- Neo-Pythagoreanism,
- neocriticism,
- Neoplatonism,
- new realism,
- nominalism,
- octet theory,
- ontologism,
- ontology,
- optimism,
- organic mechanism,
- organicism,
- panpsychism,
- pantheism,
- Peripateticism,
- pessimism,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- Platonism,
- pluralism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- pragmaticism,
- pragmatism,
- psychism,
- psychological hedonism,
- Purva Mimamsa,
- Pyrrhonism,
- Pythagoreanism,
- quantum theory,
- rationalism,
- realism,
- representative realism,
- Sankhya,
- Schellingism,
- Scotism,
- secular humanism,
- secularism,
- semiotic,
- semiotics,
- sensationalism,
- skepticism,
- Socratism,
- Sophism,
- Sophistry,
- Spencerianism,
- Stoicism,
- substantialism,
- syncretism,
- temporality,
- theism,
- Thomism,
- transcendentalism,
- utilitarianism,
- voluntarism,
- worldliness
Words containing 'atomism'
- atom,
- atomic,
- atomization,
- atomize,
- atomizer,
- Atomic City,
- Atomic heat,
- Atomic theory,
- Atomic volume,
- Atomic weight,
- Vortex atom,
- atom bomb,
- atom smasher,
- atom smashing,
- atomic bomb,
- atomic clock,
- atomic clocks,
- atomic cocktail,
- atomic energy,
- atomic explosion,
- atomic mass,
- atomic number,
- atomic physics,
- atomic pile,
- atomic power,
- atomic reactor,
- atomic spectrum,
- atomic warhead,
- atomic weapon,
- carbon atom,
- gram atom,
- hydrogen atom,
- rutherford atom,
- vortex atoms,
- Atomic City, ID,
- Unsymmetrical carbon atom,
- atom-bomb,
- atomic energy commission,
- atomic mass unit,
- atomic number 1,
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