mechanistic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mechanistic
adj.
of or pertaining to mechanics; of or relating to mechanism or its doctrines
Mechanical philosophy
The
mechanical philosophy is a term for an aspect of the
scientific revolution of
Early Modern Europe, in which an innovative branch of
natural philosophy arose in the period about 1620 to 1650, describing the universe as similar to a large-scale mechanism.
mechanistic
Adjective
1. explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe"
(similar) mechanical
2. of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism
(pertainym) mechanism
3. lacking thought or feeling
(synonym) mechanical
(similar) nonhuman
mechanistic
Synonyms and related words:
Cyrenaic, Eleatic, Epicurean, Marxian, Marxist, Megarian, Stoic, aeromechanical, animist, animistic, atomistic, biomechanical, commonsense, cosmotheistic, eclectic, empirical, eudaemonistic, existential, hedonic, hedonist, hedonistic, humanist, humanistic, hylomorphous, hylotheistic, idealistic, instrumentalist, locomotive, locomotor, materialist, materialistic, mechanical, mechanist, metaphysical, monistic, naturalist, naturalistic, nominalist, panlogistical, pantheistic, positivist, positivistic, pragmatic, pragmatist, rationalistic, realist, realistic, scholastic, sensationalistic, syncretistic, theistic, transcendentalist, transcendentalistic, utilitarian, vitalistic, voluntarist, voluntaristic, zoomechanical
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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