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anatomism en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin anatomiader. Old French anatomiebor. Middle English anatomie English anatomy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English anatomism From anatomy + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art.
   • The stretched and vivid anatomism of their great figure painters. 1878 May 7 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, April 27, 1878”, in The Spectator, number (please specify the issue number); republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume (please either specify the issue number or |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
2. (uncountable) The doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of the organism or of animal life.

Translations (1)

pt anatomismo (doctrine that the anatomical structure explains all the phenomena of life)

anatomism en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- ▲ Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English anatomism From an- + atom + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The quality of not being atomic, but rather, being composed ofmultiple separable parts.
   • Weak anatomism, however, seems to Fodor and Lepore to be a position they need not bother with. 2003, Jane Heal, Mind, Reason and Imagination, page 119:
   • In terms of the distinction I drew earlier between the possession of generic semantic propertis and the possession of specific semantic properties, I want to say that weak anatomism involves the possession of generic semantic properties; strong anatomism involves the possession of specific semantic properties. 1997, Pierre Jacob, What Minds Can Do, page 199:
   • In the country of its origin (Germany) and in the country of its adoption (America), Gestalt psychology was a reaction against two "-isms": atomism and anatomism. 2018, Michael T. Turvey, Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective, page 192: