Dictionary

atomistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌætəˈmɪstɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- 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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English atomistic From atom + -istic.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism.
   • It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces. 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:
2. Divided into separate elements; not holistic.
3. Of a market: divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values such as the price; competitive.

Forms

Antonyms

holistic

Deriveds

atomistically · nonatomistic

Translations (8)

pl atomistyczny (of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism) · sv atomistisk (not holistic) · cmn 原子論的 /原子论的 (of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism) · ja 原子説の (of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism) · cmn 原子的 (not holistic) · ca atomístic (of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism) · fi atomistinen (not holistic) · ja 原子の (not holistic)